[TonyD79]

I get the arrows and then it goes into the recording.

Thanks.

 

[pldoolittle]

Ads started tonight. Calling TiVo in the AM.

TiVo is working hard to get me to cut the cord and dump cable and TiVo.

 

[mattyro7878]

My Bolt gets the arrow but I have never seen an ad. I wonder why some folks have had this for a month and others nada de particular.

 

[tenthplanet]

My Bolt gets the arrow but I have never seen an ad. I wonder why some folks have had this for a month and others nada de particular.

Same here, I guess it's just another "Tivo Unsolved Mysteries" chapter IV..

 

[Flashmasta]

My Bolt gets the arrow but I have never seen an ad. I wonder why some folks have had this for a month and others nada de particular.

My guess is that they don't have the ad inventory. They probably only have a small number of advertisers that have decided to pay for the ads and where they have made buys it is likely for a limited number. They are not showing ads because they haven't sold them yet.

 

[Gary R Howard]

Just got a new Bolt and I thought I was going crazy. When I play a recording the screen goes black with the spinning blue circle for a couple of seconds, then an advertisement plays for about 15 secs, then the recording starts. If you go back and play from the beginning you'll see a different ad. The ones I remember seeing are for Toyota, Keurig and Amazon.

It seems you can skip the ad by pressing fast forward but it's not that seamless.

Anyone else?

Is Tivo crazy! this is why I have a Tivo, to not watch commercials

 

[Mikeguy]

My guess is that they don't have the ad inventory. They probably only have a small number of advertisers that have decided to pay for the ads and where they have made buys it is likely for a limited number. They are not showing ads because they haven't sold them yet.

I just wish, then, that the arrow screen didn't appear and that the TiVo box would go directly to the show. I'm on TE3 and so don't have this, but I think that having the delay and an arrow graphic screen before my shows, where I watch most of my television, even that in near-real time, via TiVo recordings, would irritate me to no end (but maybe people get used to it--like mosquito bites? ).

 

[276347]

... I think that having the delay and an arrow graphic screen before my shows, where I watch most of my television, even that in near-real time, via TiVo recordings, would irritate me to no end (but maybe people get used to it--like mosquito bites? ).

people get used to mosquito bites?!? there's a section of my medicine cabinet dedicated to defense against, and recovery from, those little buggers.

 

[Chuck_IV]

I know if you DNS blacklist the guide ad server it endlessly tries to connect every 10 seconds. The guide works as normal but internally TiVo never gives up trying. Funny thing is if you whitelist the domain after booting the ads never appear in the guide (even though it hits the domain the moment it's whitelisted).

Which one is the guide ad server?

Are you not seeing the extra lines in the guide or are they just blank?

After adding all the domains to the block list, while I do t see pre roll ads anymore, I still see guide ads.

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[Charles R]

Which one is the guide ad server?

Tivo Plus(?)

 

[Chuck_IV]

Tivo Plus(?)

Interesting. Doesn't seem to do anything for my ads. I added it to the same list that I created for the pre roll ads and rebooted the tivo, but they still appear.

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[Charles R]

Doesn't seem to do anything for my ads.

I just...

• Restarted TiVo and the guide ads are there - it hit mm1.tivoservice.com
  
• Blacklisted mm1.tivoservice.com and restarted
  
• Once restarted no ads in the guide - keeps trying to hit mm1.tivoservice.com
  
• Deleted the blacklist - it hit mm1.tivoservice.com and still no ads.

I'm using a Roamio on TE4...

 

[TKnight206]

I called TIVO 11/18 and it was my understanding that the ads would be removed. I received the following email, so I'm not confident that they will remove the ads.

This message is to inform you the issue you reported ----- is still under investigation. We appreciate your patience while we work to resolve this issue.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact TiVo
Technical Support at 877-367-8486.

The Case Number for this inquiry is 0000000. Please refer to this number
if you choose to contact us again regarding this request. You may email us to
with your inquiry using this link, or you can login to My Support at www.tivo.com/mysupport and
submit your case. Replies directly to this email will not be received.

Have you tried speaking with a supervisor over the phone?

Is Tivo crazy! this is why I have a Tivo, to not watch commercials

(I'm on TE3.)

The pre-roll ads make absolutely no sense. I say keep the (static) ads in the Discovery Bar.

 

[Chuck_IV]

I just...

• Restarted TiVo and the guide ads are there - it hit mm1.tivoservice.com
  
• Blacklisted mm1.tivoservice.com and restarted
  
• Once restarted no ads in the guide - keeps trying to hit mm1.tivoservice.com
  
• Deleted the blacklist - it hit mm1.tivoservice.com and still no ads.

I'm using a Roamio on TE4...

How are you blacklisting mm1.tivoservice.com? I put in my blocked list in my netgear router(like Indid with the sites for the pre-roll ads and they for for that) and when try to access that site from a web browser, it says it is blocked but I am still seeing the ads in the guide, even after rebooting all my TiVo's.

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[Charles R]

How are you blacklisting mm1.tivoservice.com?

I'm using pi-hole. Now I'm on a Roamio/TE4 (without pre-roll ads) so perhaps the process is different... I have done the above three times with the same results.

 

[muzzymate]

I just added mm1.tivoservice.com to my Pi-hole block list and will report back on the results. Hoping that will duplicate your results Charles R, getting rid of the in-guide TiVo+ channel listings. I'm running a Bolt and three Mini Voxes.

The blocking of the other domains continue to successfully block pre-roll ads with no apparent ill effects for the past week.

 

[Yodlei]

Haven't been on lately but just reporting that my Roamio OTA on TE4 hasn't gotten them yet.

 

[JoeKustra]

I just added mm1.tivoservice.com to my Pi-hole block list and will report back on the results. Hoping that will duplicate your results Charles R, getting rid of the in-guide TiVo+ channel listings. I'm running a Bolt and three Mini Voxes.

I'm using a Roamio OTA and blocking that domain hasn't blocked the in guide ads.

 

[ufo4sale]

I don't get it. I get the arrows but no ads and it only last a second. Where are my ads???

 

[Amnesia]

How's your Internet speed? Presumably when the Tivo goes out to get the ad, it only waits a short time before either playing it or giving up...