There are also normal ads for third parties. So not a replacement. They just also run their own ads.
And no, it’s not an ad placeholder. Because they have that too. There is a scene that says “you’re watching YoutubeTV, your show will resume momentarily” while a yellow ad bar progresses.
They aren’t also analog ads. You can tell when YTV is playing back an ad recorded within the show, vs when they flip the stream from content to ad content because the UI changes.
Nope, from what I can tell, they definitely just show their own ads to their customers.
When I had Dish, I saw a lot of DirectTV ads. That makes sense. But I never saw Dish advertising Dish. Maybe I just never paid attention.
>This is meant to be a replacement for normal cable....which also shows ads. As far as I know there is NO live cable service that is ad-free.
HBO doesn't show commercials. It DOES use the time between two shows (starting on the hour or half hour) to preview other shows on the same network but I find these slightly less annoying that paid-for ads.
