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From: henryb@hpspdra.HP.COM (Henry Black)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Re: automatic commercial deletion
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Date: 21 Sep 89 15:59:32 GMT
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 [  ..  about automatic commercial deletion  ... ]

 If this point has already been raised, I apologise for repetition,

It seems to me that if an electronic method of automatic commercial
deletion is devised then the broadcasters will surely mount
countermeasures.   But, perhaps this is a business opportunity for
someone as follows:
Have an office with human operators watching the TV and sending out
commercial start/end signals to subscribers over a dedicated
distribution network.  People wanting the "Commercial Deletion Service"
would have to acquire equipment and subscribe.  But the bandwidth
requirements are low and the value added to the consumer (IMHO)
enormous.  Certainly technically viable,  is it commercially viable,
would the broadcasters find a way of hitting back?  Interesting but
not electronic problems, so please follow up elsewhere than
sci.electronics on this drift thread.
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