Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> But of course with things like the "magic skippy button" (ie, DVR and the 
> ability to skip commercials)

  The only way the recorder can do that automatically is if the TV channel
sends metadata telling when the commercial break begins and ends. Unless
they are forced by law to do that (which might be the case in some countries),
the only thing they have to do is to not send that metadata.

  In Finland, AFAIK, at least some TV channels send metadata to indicate the
beginning and ending of TV programs, but not to mark commercial breaks
(obviously there's no law that would demand them to do so). That way
recorders can start and stop recording precisely, but won't skip commercial
breaks.

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