{"id":110454,"date":"2024-07-09T14:33:31","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T14:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/09\/sling-tv-is-the-latest-streamer-to-get-those-pesky-pause-ads\/"},"modified":"2024-07-09T14:33:31","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T14:33:31","slug":"sling-tv-is-the-latest-streamer-to-get-those-pesky-pause-ads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/09\/sling-tv-is-the-latest-streamer-to-get-those-pesky-pause-ads\/","title":{"rendered":"Sling TV is the latest streamer to get those pesky pause ads"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Sling TV will now put ads on your screen when you pause live or on-demand content, according to an announcement from its parent company, Dish<\/a>. But you won\u2019t have to deal with this extra dose of ads if you don\u2019t want to \u2014 the pause ad example shared by Sling TV says you can \u201cturn off Pause Ads\u201d from the settings menu.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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That comes as a relief in an industry where it\u2019s getting harder and harder to escape intrusive pause ads. Want to stop a show to get a closer look at something on your screen? Or maybe you want to admire a close-up of your favorite actor for a little bit? Well, pause ads make that nearly impossible, as they often take up all or part of your screen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The pause ads could contain a video or static content.<\/em><\/figcaption>GIF: Sling TV<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Like other streamers, Sling TV is leaning into advertising to rake in more revenue. The service\u2019s pause ad format will let advertisers show videos or static content and could even include a QR code that links viewers to a product. You can press any button to resume the content you\u2019re watching.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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As dreadful as pause ads are, it\u2019s nice to see Sling TV giving users a choice to opt out \u2014 other streamers, take note.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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Sling TV will now put ads on your screen when you pause live or on-demand content, according to an announcement from its parent company, Dish. But you won\u2019t have to deal with this extra dose of ads if you don\u2019t want to \u2014 the pause ad example shared by Sling TV says you can \u201cturn […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":110455,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-110454","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tech"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110454\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}