Hi again!
Generally: what I can detect, a program can detect. (: Okay, this is
a very hard task.
In Germany I usually can see some hints:
-no station logo (usually upper left corner) during ads
-ads are louder
-the ads during a block are separated with a blank screen
-they are announced with a "movie-jingle" carring the letters
"Werbung" ("ad") somewhere
-meta infos: -length of an ad is something of n*5 sec.
-the block is about 7 min.
-max. one block in 30 min.
Example:
-stealthy fade-out of the station logo while the movie is playing
-"movie-jingle" (1-2 sec.). Every broadcaster has ~10 different
jingles/month.
-black screen (~0.5 sec.)
-ad (n*5 sec.)
-black, ad, black, ad...
-program info (trailer... --> "watch XYZ today 20.15...")
I don't know much of the characteristics of these
-movie again; sometimes 30 sec. repeated (stretches the film -->
more ads allowed...)
Bye,
Robert
