{"id":3871,"date":"2018-08-19T18:40:52","date_gmt":"2018-08-19T18:40:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commarts.pleather.us\/2018\/08\/19\/netflix-is-now-playing-ads-for-its-original-series-while-people-are-binge-watching\/"},"modified":"2018-08-19T18:40:52","modified_gmt":"2018-08-19T18:40:52","slug":"netflix-is-now-playing-ads-for-its-original-series-while-people-are-binge-watching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/2018\/08\/19\/netflix-is-now-playing-ads-for-its-original-series-while-people-are-binge-watching\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix Is Now Playing Ads for Its Original Series While People Are Binge-Watching"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The day you all feared has finally arrived: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/t\/netflix\/\" id=\"auto-tag_netflix\">Netflix<\/a> is now playing ads for its original series in between episodes of other shows. After <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/netflix\/comments\/97yf56\/when_did_netflix_start_playing_ads_for_their\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">reddit users<\/a> complained about the change, the streaming giant confirmed that some viewers will now be seeing brief trailers for the likes of &#8220;Insatiable&#8221; while binge-watching.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"pmc-related-link read-more\">\n\t\t\t<strong class=\"pmc-related-type\">Read More:<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/2018\/08\/netflix-user-reviews-deleted-1201996038\/\" title=\"Netflix Has Deleted Every User Review Ever Posted to Its Website\">Netflix Has Deleted Every User Review Ever Posted to Its Website<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p>&#8220;We are testing whether surfacing recommendations between episodes helps members discover stories they will enjoy faster,&#8221; Netflix said in a statement to <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gaming\/2018\/08\/netflix-begins-testing-ads-for-its-own-series-between-binge-season-episodes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Ars Technica<\/a>.\u00a0&#8220;A couple of years ago, we introduced video previews to the TV experience, because we saw that it significantly cut the time members spend browsing and helped them find something they would enjoy watching even faster.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A rep for the company stressed that this is being done on a trial basis so far, but the implication appears to be that more and more users will see ads if they prove successful in increasing viewership for Netflix&#8217;s original series and movies.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"pmc-related-link read-more\">\n\t\t\t<strong class=\"pmc-related-type\">Read More:<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/2018\/08\/hold-the-dark-jeremy-saulnier-netflix-thriller-1201995414\/\" title=\"\u2018Hold the Dark\u2019: Why Jeremy Saulnier\u2019s \u2018Epic-Scale\u2019 Netflix Thriller Is the Anti-\u2018Green Room\u2019 \u2014 Exclusive\">\u2018Hold the Dark\u2019: Why Jeremy Saulnier\u2019s \u2018Epic-Scale\u2019 Netflix Thriller Is the Anti-\u2018Green Room\u2019 \u2014 Exclusive<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p>No word yet on how long this testing period will last or how many customers are actually seeing ads already, but initial reaction has been expectedly negative; whether that ultimately makes a difference remains to be seen.<\/p>\n<p>Source: IndieWire film<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The day you all feared has finally arrived: Netflix is now playing ads for its original series in between episodes of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":245,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[45],"class_list":["post-3871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-careering"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paqOTj-10r","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/245"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3871\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}