What's with the adverts?!

[Anonymous User]

Why have you added adverts at the start of programs?

The main reason i subscribe to Now TV and Netflix is to avoid having adverts and spam crammed down my throat every time i switch on the TV.
And to avoid a 20minute program lasting 45minutes due to ads.

If this is here to stay then i think i will have to cancel my subscription and stick to just Netflix.

[Anonymous User]

Why mess about having to cancel, get an offer, be free of ads for a bit, have them come back, get  in to another argument and get a concession - why not just offer a good value service and build steadily and honestly - not rely on people not caring they are being made fools of.

[Anonymous User]

These ads are very annoying and unacceptable! If they don’t stop I’ll be cancelling my subscription! I do not pay to watch advertisements! 

[gavs82008]

@Anonymous User 

It’s simple, if you don’t want adverts then you pay for boost.

Whilst I don’t agree with adverts, it’s what most of the services do in the US. Pay for a service and get adverts, pay premium and get no adverts.

https://help.nowtv.com/article/can-i-watch-without-ads

If it’s just promos for NOW content at the start then there is nothing that can be done.

[Tsaraslondon]

I agree. I pay for a premium service, mostly to avoid adverts. I am sick to death of constantly being bombarded with advertsibg. If I'm paying for a service, I don't expect to have to watch them. You don't get ads on Netflix or Disney+, so why do they have them on NOW? Seriously considering cancelling my membership becuse of this.

[gavs82008]

@Tsaraslondon 

Discovery+ is adding advertising for a reduced subscription fee.

https://www.cordbusters.co.uk/discovery-plus-lowering-prices-adding-adverts/

Disney has confirmed they will be adding adverts next year.

https://press.disney.co.uk/news/disney+-to-introduce-an-ad-supported-subscription-offering-in-late-2...

All NOW done is beat them to it in the UK.

[Tsaraslondon]

It's the thin end of the wedge. How long before they start interrupting the programme with ads as well? I might have expected that this change would come from America. Maybe we in the UK, who have been used to the BBC for so long, have a different take on it, not that the BBC is safe anymore.

It will make me think twice about renewing my subscription for NOW though, same for Disney. You can't do anything these days without some company screaming in your face, "BUY MY PRODUCT" and I'm heartily sick of it. I've actually stopped visiting certain sites because of it and hardly use youtube anymore.

[RobS]

Ads for gambling at start and at intervals at the highest price I pay for any streaming service?

You are a joke! Cancelling NOW!

[Tsaraslondon]

I've already cancelled my subscription for NOW. If other premium services go the same way, I will do the same.

[redchiz1]

Other services are going the same way, with lower subscription prices with ads and higher without. Even the once, but no longer almighty Netflix are considering the same. 

[gavs82008]

@Tsaraslondon 

Disney+ have stated they are going the advert route at a reduced membership cost. 

Discovery+ have already joined that band wagon. 

As mentioned by @redchiz1 Netflix are going to be bringing it in over the next year or so. 

We don't like it, but its the quickest way for the big companies to gain guaranteed income via advertising. 

[Spartan44]

I thought April fools day was just for one day 😞

[gavs82008]

@Spartan44 

Adverts are here to stay. 

Disney+ will bring them next year. Discovery+ already has them

Netflix bringing them in the next year or so.

Just go to “cancel” and you’ll get a discount, I’m paying £5.99 for entertainment and £2 for Boost until August. Means no adverts for me unless I watch Live TV.