For the DVR-like version, you need to fast-fwd over the commercials yourself. If you add a TV series to your library, you stand a better chance of having that choice, because YT TV is going to save 2 versions for you – the one recorded live as if on a DVR, and, if available, a VOD, or “Video on Demand,” version. You are now allowed to use the recorded version of the program and skip the ads even if the same program is available on-demand.
However, things changed in late 2018 and YouTube forged new deals with major Hollywood players. This happened because YouTube had unfavorable contracts with companies like 21st Century Fox, NBCUniversal, Walt Disney Co., etc. As explained, you set a show to be recorded, but then it appears on-demand and you are forced to watch it on-demand with all the ads. This is when the differences between recorded and on-demand videos started happening. According to the Wall Street Journal article from 2017, YouTube had to make certain compromises if they were to keep up with the competition.Īt the time, it meant allowing networks to embed unskippable ads into recorded content.
It turns out that running successful per-pay streaming services is challenging. But we can’t guarantee the developers won’t fix that in time. For regular YouTube you can use the workaround that we’ve mentioned above.
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