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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
Another idea as to what these services could be.
VM are to shortly give us targeted advertising from the Sky owned AdSmart. I wonder if these services are tests to check that this service is working properly??
https://www.skyadsmart.co.uk/about-skyadsmart/
My thinking is that the system might treat each advert as a (very short) pop up channel and this could be why there are no channel names associated with them.
Apparently, AdSmart could also be used as a method to insert local news etc.
Still doesn't explain why they wouldn't be available to M/Player customers though. |
Sky boxes have no "upstream" connection except for the internet, so this may likely be the preferred method of delivery on Sky ( I cant see them leaving the NOW TV service out of this) & maybe VM. I also have a sneaky feeling that a small disc partition may appear on the boxes to store these for playout at the relevant times.
As far as M/Player customers, these channels are FTA & hence not strictly part of the Sky platform. Sky cannot interfere with output that is not theirs.