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From: wcurtiss@x102c.harris-atd.com (Curtiss WC 67625)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: automatic commercial deletion
Keywords: commercials, compressors, VCRs, film editting
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Date: 25 Sep 89 17:06:46 GMT
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In article <602@aablue.UUCP> jb@aablue.UUCP (Root) writes:
>
>Having no access to local TV or any cable TV, I get all my programming off
>satellites (Gee, just like the local stations :-). Every station does indeed
>know EXACTLY when a station break will occur and whether it should be local
>or if the network is just interrupting the program. AND, it's not some
>magical device that lets them know this. Before the networks begin broad-
>casting say for the prime time session, they display a chart showing when
>and for how long a break will occur. Kind of like:
>
>	Position 1:	18:12:05	35 seconds
>	Position 2:	18:22:40	1:15 minutes
>	...
>
>Maybe what we need are VCR's, etc. with a lot better programming and timing
>characteristics.
>
>jb@aablue

This morning (about 6:00 EST) as I was flicking through the channels,
A&E network was displaying a list like this.  It could've been that our
cable company was supposed to block this and didn't or didn't care.
They are quite famous for splitting channels between providers (i.e.
UNOVISION before 4pm, SUN after, except on Saturday, when its ...)

Anyway, there were 48 slots per day and they listed 12 at a time.  They
seemed to be placed mostly at xx:29 and xx:59, but some were off those
"standard" times by as much as 6 minutes.  The times were listed to the
second, and were given at least through next Thursday (10/5) (I got bored and
changed the channel).  I doubt this is all of A&E's commercial slots,
since I thought they had more than 2 per hour, but it would give you a
start.  Now you just have to syncronize your VCR with them :-).

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