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Samsung Smart TV's begin injecting ads into locally stored content (Plex)
Posted on 2/11/15 at 10:27 am
Posted on 2/11/15 at 10:27 am
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Thought you could watch that video on your local hard drive without ads? Think again: A number of owners of Samsung’s smart TVs are reporting this week that their TV sets started to interrupt their movie viewing with Pepsi ads, which seem to be dynamically inserted into third-party content.
“Every movie I play 20-30 minutes in it plays the pepsi ad, no audio but crisp clear ad. It has happened on 6 movies today,” a user reported on Reddit, where a number of others were struggling with the same problem.
Reports for the unwelcome ad interruption first surfaced on a Subreddit dedicated to Plex, the media center app that is available on a variety of connected devices, including Samsung smart TVs. Plex users typically use the app to stream local content from their computer or a network-attached storage drive to their TV, which is why many were very surprised to see an online video ad being inserted into their videos. A Plex spokesperson assured me that the company has nothing to do with the ad in question.
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Posted on 2/11/15 at 10:54 am to colorchangintiger
Sad.
I just don't understand how such a "feature" can go from idea to discussion to approval to implementation with nobody shutting it down by saying "hey, this is pretty fricked up".
I just don't understand how such a "feature" can go from idea to discussion to approval to implementation with nobody shutting it down by saying "hey, this is pretty fricked up".
Posted on 2/11/15 at 11:50 am to Korkstand
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I just don't understand how such a "feature" can go from idea to discussion to approval to implementation with nobody shutting it down by saying "hey, this is pretty fricked up".
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Posted on 2/11/15 at 11:54 am to SaintEB
quote:I understand that is the goal, but I don't see this advertising revenue compensating for the negative publicity and lost sales.
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Posted on 2/11/15 at 12:07 pm to Korkstand
Damn, that's fricked up.
Why would it be limited to Plex though? Or is it any streaming service? What about Netflix or Amazon?
Why would it be limited to Plex though? Or is it any streaming service? What about Netflix or Amazon?
Posted on 2/11/15 at 12:13 pm to LSUtigerME
quote:The article says it also happened on some Foxtel TV app in Australia. Apparently, this ad injection "feature" wasn't supposed to be turned on for Foxtel or Plex, so it was either a mistake or a software bug or an "experiment" or whatever. I just think it's sad that the feature exists at all.
Why would it be limited to Plex though? Or is it any streaming service? What about Netflix or Amazon?
Posted on 2/11/15 at 12:45 pm to Korkstand
I read the title as Aids on my iPhone at first.
Posted on 2/11/15 at 11:15 pm to Korkstand
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I understand that is the goal, but I don't see this advertising revenue compensating for the negative publicity and lost sales.
Short term, some exec increases revenue and gets hired somewhere else at a substantial increase in pay because he can increase revenue!
He takes the promotion and leaves the original company in shambles long term.
After all, it is a money based society. And companies are no longer geared to long term employee retention.
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