Hulu和AT&T to Show Commercials When Content Is Paused: Report
Well, this isn't going over well. 昨天, 各种 爆出新闻 Hulu和AT&T plan to run commercials when content is paused. Hulu will debut "pause ads" in 2019, and AT&T will launch new technology next year that will let it do the same. It's unclear if those ads will appear on DirecTV, DirecTV Now, U-verse, or all of the above.
为此举辩护, 杰里米·希尔芬迪, vice president and head of advertising platforms for Hulu, 说, “As binge-viewing happens more and more, it’s natural they are going to want to pause." The ads will run when people pause to get a snack. “It’s a natural break in the storytelling experience.”
That reasoning ignores the fact that viewers often pause a show to view something on screen, something that would no longer be possible. Viewers also pause shows to take phone calls, in which case a commercial playing would be an unwelcome distraction.
AT&T also defended the move: “We know you’re going to capture 100 percent viewability when they pause and unpause,” 各种 quotes Matt Van Houten, vice president of product at Xandr Media, AT&T’s advertising division, as saying. “There’s a lot of value in that experience.”
Perhaps the overwhelming negative attention this news has created will convince Hulu和AT&T to rethink their positions.
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