topic Re: Skip ads button in Sky Stream

Skip ads button

Sbl15789 — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 21:29:46 GMT

A skip ads button has started appearing. Thanks Sky 🙏

Re: Skip ads button

Nigelb1972 — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 21:51:03 GMT

Oooh on what channels? ive just realised I've been watching Sweetpea for 3 hours and haven't seen a signal advert and haven't had to pick the remote up other than to play the Next Episode... Shalalalaaaaa

Re: Skip ads button

Fothergill1 — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 23:55:49 GMT

@Sbl15789 It is part of the latest QS034.020.00P update and seems to work really well (I'm impressed). @Nigelb1972 when you get the update you will see the skip adds button which as far as I can see work on all Sky catchup programmes. It obviously won't work on live channels.

The new update also includes some changes to the continue watching rail as well as a extra vivid mode for Sky Glass.

Re: Skip ads button

Super+Anthony — Sat, 07 Dec 2024 09:06:42 GMT

Sounds great update. What else?

Maybe some of the problems still has been fixed🙏

Re: Skip ads button

Fothergill1 — Sun, 08 Dec 2024 01:35:00 GMT

@Super+Anthony I can't really comment of problem fixes as TBH except for a little pixelation on ITV a couple of weeks ago I have not been experiencing any issues recently. The pixelation on ITV has now gone but I think that was before I got the QS034 update.

I should add that so far I have not noticed that the update has introduced any new issues 🤞

Re: Skip ads button

Super+Anthony — Sun, 08 Dec 2024 08:22:27 GMT

Thanks @Fothergill1 . What other updates have been included?

Looking forward to getting the update

Re: Skip ads button

Ellie_TV — Sun, 08 Dec 2024 09:44:03 GMT

A very welcome addition by the sound of it.
Is it only on Sky on demand programmes that the 'skip ads' button appears? Do you still have to fast forward on ITVX/Channel 4 etc?
I still think they should remove them completely on Sky content, much like on the NowTV app.

Re: Skip ads button

Fothergill1 — Sun, 08 Dec 2024 09:58:10 GMT

@Super+Anthony Although I don't use them the Favourites seems to have also been updated. THey look quite good so I might have a play and set them up at some point.

Re: Skip ads button

Fothergill1 — Sun, 08 Dec 2024 11:05:54 GMT

Hi @Ellie_TV So far I have only seen the add skipping button on Sky content and Discovery +.

Your idea of removing adds altogether on Sky programmes would be great but presumably the prices would then have to increase to recover the lost revenue, so the add skipping button is a good compromise.

Re: Skip ads button

Super+Anthony — Sun, 08 Dec 2024 11:44:55 GMT

I think the favourites were updated in Qs033 but thank you @Fothergill1

Re: Skip ads button

MarkGoldsmith — Sun, 08 Dec 2024 12:09:40 GMT

@Fothergill1 wrote:
Hi @Ellie_TV
Your idea of removing adds altogether on Sky programmes would be great but presumably the prices would then have to increase to recover the lost revenue, so the add skipping button is a good compromise.

Also likely quite problematic as a lot of the non-Sky content is delivered via the third party on-demand apps on Sky Stream, so that would require the likes of ITV X and C4 allowing for Sky customers to be upgraded to their premium no-ads tier, which I can't see happening unless the ad-skipping add-on was like £20/month and the other broadcasters each got a fair chunk of it.

Re: Skip ads button

Fothergill1 — Sun, 08 Dec 2024 12:16:33 GMT

Hi @MarkGoldsmith I believe @Ellie_TV was only referring to Sky content which was the basis of my reply 😀

The one channel that annoys me with their adverts is, believe it or not, BBC. We have to pay an annual licence to give them revenue as they don't advertise yet they are constantly advertising their own broadcast content (admittedly not in the middle of programmes though).

Ad skipping goes ahead in programme

meap5 — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 21:21:23 GMT

We have sky stream and the puck. We've paid for the ad skipping, before we had to fast forward but have just noticed a 'Skip Ads' button in the bottom right of the screen. When we click the skip ads button, the ads are skipped, but also the next 10 minutes of the show! We then have to rewind back through (trying to avoid spoilers) back to the correct point in the show. Has anyone else had this issue/got a fix?

Re: Ad skipping goes ahead in programme

mikealanr — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 21:33:00 GMT

Hi @meap5

The button is new in the latest release. Working on the content I have tried. Is this on everything you have tried or specific content? Might be worth sharing which show you are exactly seeing the error.

MikeAlanR

Re: Ad skipping goes ahead in programme

lettice — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 22:15:36 GMT

I've used the ad skip button for the last week or so on plenty of content and has all worked perfectly with no timing issues.

As above, which channel/programme was this for you that skipped some of the programme?

Re: Ad skipping goes ahead in programme

Fothergill1 — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 00:28:06 GMT

Hi @meap5 I have been using the Add skipping button for about a week and find it brilliant. So far it hasn't missed a beat.

As the other posts mention it may be programme/channel specific but if you have not already done so I would do a restart of your puck by going to settings > System management > Resets & Updates > restart device. The process takes about 3 minutes and the screen will go blank for a while so don't worry when this happens. I always do this after an update.

Re: Ad skipping goes ahead in programme

meap5 — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 10:29:56 GMT

Hi everyone, thank you for the replies. It has happened on Sky Atlantic content - Day of the Jackal finale. We haven't tried it on any other content yet. I will do the restart and see if that solves it, thank you for the advice.

Re: QS033 Software Update

tvboy55 — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 15:38:59 GMT

One of

my pucks just updated to QS034.022.00P as usual absolutely no information to say what this firmware update contains/ fixes/ breaks 🤣 .

Re: Skip ads button

lettice — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 15:53:01 GMT

@tvboy55

All this release updates that we are aware of are listed in post 3 in this thread.

Re: Skip ads button

tvboy55 — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 16:03:32 GMT

Thank you but Sky should have this information freely available on their website not rely on word of mouth from their users.