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ITV Player - Without the Ads!
Hi All
Just wanted to pass on a good tip... I very rarely use ITV Player, but I stopped by as I'd missed something. I remembered from a previous visit that there are ads with this player, but on this visit there were none, this is good I thought, but didn't think anything of it, until on my next visit the ads were back - it was only then I realised that Peer Guardian was off! After re-engaging PG the ads are again totally gone, but the player works perfectly - great news for anyone who uses this player often - spread the word
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Does it work for 4OD? Not that ads are as big a nuisance on that service.
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Just had a quick test at 4OD, and it looks like the same effect doesn't occur, the whole stream is blocked. I disabled PG to let the stream start, then re-engaged PG, but it just all stopped.
Oh well
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Firefox with AdBlockerPlus does the same job for me. Seems to work on 4oD as well.
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Gone off Firefox a bit since Chrome, but that's good - I wonder if the Player makers will try and get round this - 'spose they will eventually.
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Not a great tip really.
ITV without Asd ultimately means 'no ITV'. |
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All depends on whether you see "catchupTV" as a revenue stream in its own right or a way for someone to catch the start of a series that they might have missed, thus boosting the audience for the subsequent episodes on "normal telly"...
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Gone off Firefox a bit since Chrome, but that's good - I wonder if the Player makers will try and get round this - 'spose they will eventually.
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How do I turn Peer Guardian off then? Never heard of it! Is it on Firefox or on ITV Player? The ads annoy me. Thanks.
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Just had a quick test at 4OD, and it looks like the same effect doesn't occur, the whole stream is blocked. I disabled PG to let the stream start, then re-engaged PG, but it just all stopped.
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How do I turn Peer Guardian off then? Never heard of it! Is it on Firefox or on ITV Player? The ads annoy me. Thanks.
Occasionally some sites won't run when PG is active, so just right click on the icon near the clock (bottom right on PCs) and click Disable. Some people only run PG when they're DL-ing torrents, as it's supposed to block most tracking, which is does really well. So just visiting any old web page you don't really need to worry about tracking, as it can just enable page customisation for your visit; some very big sites are inaccessible with PG running - the BBC for instance! |
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Not a great tip really.
ITV without Asd ultimately means 'no ITV'. If advertisers really think that anyone is paying attention to adverts in an internet stream they really are listening to the people that are selling the ad space too closely. Lowering their prices & or paying their suppliers better are far more likely to attract my attention; more bandwidth munching garbage I can do without
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same for SeeSaw ads
Speaking of ITV ads, This is the same for SeeSaw.com ads
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the only way to watch ITV Player without ads without worrying is through Virgin TV on-demand
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Using the FireFox browser with the Adblock Plus add-on stripped the ads out of the itv.com shows last time I looked (a couple of weeks ago).
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the only way to watch ITV Player without ads without worrying is through Virgin TV on-demand
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