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"TiVo flips 'SkipMode' around for Super Bowl ad fans"

What a great idea, and a good way to get some mainstream coverage of the TiVo. Creative!

TiVo flips 'SkipMode' around for Super Bowl ad fans

A few years ago TiVo rolled out SkipMode for its DVRs that would allow viewers to jump past ads (on certain prime-time programs) with the press of a button. This year, for Super Bowl LII it's flipping the technology around with GameSkip that works favor of people who watch the game just to see all of those (incredibly expensive) advertisements. Sure, you can usually see the best ones on YouTube either before the game or immediately after they are, but for dedicated fans of everything except…

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February 3, 2018

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