@Peterman0671 If you learn anything, please share! I wish we were given the option to watch commercials versus the "Commercial Break in Progress" screen.
As has been explained ad nauseum over the years here in the forums, these commercial break cards are for slots that (formerly AT&T and now) DirecTV have failed to sell commercials, so they don’t have one to show. Lots of carriers have a similar issue (unsold ad slots), but some insert house ads or PSAs instead of just a simple card implying that “we don’t have a commercial to go here”. Why AT&T and now DirecTV don’t do this is unknown - the tech isn’t that hard and many users would apparently find those less irritating.
Sorry, Jrandomuser, no matter how many times "this has been explained ad nauseum over the years here in the forums", you're wrong! I just found the following on another forum for the same subject (that's closed for comments), posted three months ago by someone called PhilSisk:
"DIRECTV STREAM is replacing commercials on certain channels with different commercials. ... On these certain stations (TBS, TNT, TV Land, CMT, Nickelodeon...), when the commercial break starts, if you change the channel for a couple of seconds and then change it back, the original programming commercials will be showing."
I just tried what he said, and he's absolutely right. The commercial break card goes away and the original commercials are there. It works every time.
The situation that @Jrandomuser referred to also happens. In your case it was a different cause. Both situations have the same (or similar) result. So it was only 'wrong' for you but still is correct for many others.
Glad yours is fixed. I would just chalk this up to symptoms that seem the same might have a different root problem.
Peterman0671
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Is a way to stop these annoying so called commercial breaks
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You can always change services. That should resolve your issue. Be aware that all streaming service have commercials.
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sanman202
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It's either that or get one of those cheesey local business commercials if they fill that spot where they have the music and we'll be back soon..
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@Peterman0671 If you learn anything, please share! I wish we were given the option to watch commercials versus the "Commercial Break in Progress" screen.
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So called? What's that mean. This subject has been discussed so many times. Doesn't anyone know how to search the forum before they post?
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As has been explained ad nauseum over the years here in the forums, these commercial break cards are for slots that (formerly AT&T and now) DirecTV have failed to sell commercials, so they don’t have one to show. Lots of carriers have a similar issue (unsold ad slots), but some insert house ads or PSAs instead of just a simple card implying that “we don’t have a commercial to go here”. Why AT&T and now DirecTV don’t do this is unknown - the tech isn’t that hard and many users would apparently find those less irritating.
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Sorry, Jrandomuser, no matter how many times "this has been explained ad nauseum over the years here in the forums", you're wrong! I just found the following on another forum for the same subject (that's closed for comments), posted three months ago by someone called PhilSisk:
"DIRECTV STREAM is replacing commercials on certain channels with different commercials. ... On these certain stations (TBS, TNT, TV Land, CMT, Nickelodeon...), when the commercial break starts, if you change the channel for a couple of seconds and then change it back, the original programming commercials will be showing."
I just tried what he said, and he's absolutely right. The commercial break card goes away and the original commercials are there. It works every time.
Thanks, PhilSisk!
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The situation that @Jrandomuser referred to also happens. In your case it was a different cause. Both situations have the same (or similar) result. So it was only 'wrong' for you but still is correct for many others.
Glad yours is fixed. I would just chalk this up to symptoms that seem the same might have a different root problem.
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