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Monday, January 3rd, 2022 3:45 AM

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DirecTV stream commercial breaks

Is there any way around or a way to stop these annoying so called commercial breaks 

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3 years ago

Is a way to stop these annoying so called commercial breaks 

ACE - Expert

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3 years ago

You can always change services. That should resolve your issue. Be aware that all streaming service have commercials.

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3 years ago

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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3 years ago

@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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3 years ago

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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3 years ago

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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1 year ago

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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