Arnoud Engelfriet <arnoud@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> On 2009-04-20, Mark Kent <mark.kent@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> For the record, I have a PDC capable video recorder, but I cannot use it
>> because PDC was abandoned on pressure from "copyright holders", whereas
>> EPGs have not been. I presume this is because EPGs do not reflect late
>> schedule changes.
>
> As far as I know it was the advertisers that objected to PDC, as it
> allowed people to program recordings around the ad slots.
>
I do not believe that this is correct, as PDC didn't work that way, it
merely showed the start and end times of shows, it didn't do anything
about advertising slots, many/most of which are during the shows.
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