[news] New Device Could Force TV Viewers to Watch Ads

[Mostly Water - mostlywater.org = news.resist.ca]

An invention from Royal Philips Electronics prevents TV viewers from switching the channel during commercials or fast-forwarding past commercials when watching DVR content...Viewers would be released from the freeze only after paying a fee to the broadcaster. The freeze would be implemented on a program-by-program basis, giving viewers a choice at the start of each one.

URL: http://mostlywater.org/node/5021