Streaming services news, offers and general chit chat
26-01-2024, 21:06
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Re: Streaming services news, offers and general chit chat
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They may end up regretting this.
It needs at least 50% of current basic plan users to switch up to the higher plan, otherwise they will lose out on income.
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Netflix said they get more revenue per subscriber on ad tier
than Standard tier because of advertising revenue.
https://variety.com/2023/digital/new...al-1235674327/
Amazon could reportedly generate over $3 billion this year from advertising
https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/ama...st-1235888805/
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27-01-2024, 05:49
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Re: Streaming services news, offers and general chit chat
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But, but, but…
"It’S ThE FuTuRe!"
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That is in 2035 exactly.
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27-01-2024, 15:33
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Re: Streaming services news, offers and general chit chat
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That is in 2035 exactly.
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We'll see as Paramount+ is up for sale, Lionsgate+ recently closed and Disney+ id merging into HULU.
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27-01-2024, 19:31
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Re: Streaming services news, offers and general chit chat
I've been watching Freevee for a while now as there are some good shows to binge on it.....but omg today it's throwing 1 minute commercials at me what feels like every 5mins which is just ridiculous, last week it was 10 seconds commercials every 20mins or so which I'm ok with.
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28-01-2024, 18:07
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Re: Streaming services news, offers and general chit chat
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Originally Posted by SnoopZ
I've been watching Freevee for a while now as there are some good shows to binge on it.....but omg today it's throwing 1 minute commercials at me what feels like every 5mins which is just ridiculous, last week it was 10 seconds commercials every 20mins or so which I'm ok with.
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It’s the future unfortunately. You know the old addage, if you are given something for free you are the product.
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28-01-2024, 18:14
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Re: Streaming services news, offers and general chit chat
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Originally Posted by SnoopZ
I've been watching Freevee for a while now as there are some good shows to binge on it.....but omg today it's throwing 1 minute commercials at me what feels like every 5mins which is just ridiculous, last week it was 10 seconds commercials every 20mins or so which I'm ok with.
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Do ad blockers stop them? I don't use Freevee so can't check. I wonder is there's an equivalent to the VPN Albania trick I use on Youtube?
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28-01-2024, 19:48
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Re: Streaming services news, offers and general chit chat
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Do ad blockers stop them? I don't use Freevee so can't check. I wonder is there's an equivalent to the VPN Albania trick I use on Youtube?
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This is on a TV via the Prime app so they won't.
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It’s the future unfortunately. You know the old addage, if you are given something for free you are the product.
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The timing and lengths of the commercials vary alot, today I had 1 15sec commercial after 36mins where as yesterday I had several 1min long ones in a single episode of the same series, it also varied which TV I used, when I moved to the bedroom I just got a few 10sec ads yesterday.
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28-01-2024, 21:35
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Re: Streaming services news, offers and general chit chat
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Do ad blockers stop them? I don't use Freevee so can't check. I wonder is there's an equivalent to the VPN Albania trick I use on Youtube?
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Would putting the vpn on router work
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29-01-2024, 08:07
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Re: Streaming services news, offers and general chit chat
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Originally Posted by SnoopZ
The timing and lengths of the commercials vary alot, today I had 1 15sec commercial after 36mins where as yesterday I had several 1min long ones in a single episode of the same series, it also varied which TV I used, when I moved to the bedroom I just got a few 10sec ads yesterday.
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Be interesting to know if one is an older app. I've experienced similar with apps that can't run adverts on the original Chromecast.
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29-01-2024, 09:15
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Re: Streaming services news, offers and general chit chat
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Be interesting to know if one is an older app. I've experienced similar with apps that can't run adverts on the original Chromecast.
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Varied again Sunday only a few 30 second ads on the bedroom TV(fire stick).
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29-01-2024, 11:41
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Re: Streaming services news, offers and general chit chat
Is there any correlation between time of day/day of week and length of ad reel? I too have noticed there can be quite a significant difference but it’s only due to the missus watching Neighbours and I’m never paying enough attention to have noted what might be causing it.
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Would putting the vpn on router work
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If you find a country they don’t have an ad policy for, probably. But a VPN in your router would affect internet traffic for all devices in your entire household and may end up being more trouble than its worth.
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29-01-2024, 14:06
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Re: Streaming services news, offers and general chit chat
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Originally Posted by GrimUpNorth
Do ad blockers stop them? I don't use Freevee so can't check. I wonder is there's an equivalent to the VPN Albania trick I use on Youtube?
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Ublock Origin on my Windows 10 pc doesn't block The Freevee ads, it does however block the ads on YouTube, ITVX, UKTV, Channel 4 and Channel 5.
I'm not sure about Netflix as my account only just switched over to the ad tier on Saturday and I've just used my TV's Netflix app so far, that wasn't too bad I only received one 40 second ad in two hours of viewing and the 1080p picture quality was much better than I expected it to be.
There's a chance the Amazon and Netflix Kodi addons might block the ads but I don't use those so cannot say one way or another.
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29-01-2024, 14:44
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Re: Streaming services news, offers and general chit chat
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Is there any correlation between time of day/day of week and length of ad reel? I too have noticed there can be quite a significant difference but it’s only due to the missus watching Neighbours and I’m never paying enough attention to have noted what might be causing it.
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If you find a country they don’t have an ad policy for, probably. But a VPN in your router would affect internet traffic for all devices in your entire household and may end up being more trouble than its worth.
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All my viewing was compared Saturday and Sunday evening at the same times.
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03-02-2024, 15:56
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Re: Streaming services news, offers and general chit chat
Paramount Plus in the UK have removed a whole heap of shows, including many big names, many that were exclusive to Paramount, and ones that were only just added...
No Escape
One Night
Minx
The Chemistry of Death
The Thing About Pam
The Doll Factory
The Burning Girls
The Serial Killer's Wife
Accused
The Killing Kind
Quantum Leap
Fool's Paradise
...and others.
Their X profile is basically just them fending off questions with a boilerplate 'XXXX has left Paramount+ UK & Ireland.
https://twitter.com/ParamountPlusUK/with_replies
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/bu...nt-1235811253/
Welcome to the new streaming future where you have about one or two months to watch certain shows before they change their mind, I guess.
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03-02-2024, 16:04
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Re: Streaming services news, offers and general chit chat
Who do you think has bought the rights? Sky? Amazon?
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