1. Forum
  2. Usenet
  3. UK.TECH.BROADCAST

  • Times Radio Wales/Welsh adverts

    From Andy Burns@21:1/5 to All on Mon Nov 20 13:15:12 2023
    Not exactly broadcast, as I'm listening using streaming devices, I know
    they replace adverts with local/regional variations, but since the
    weekend I've been getting adverts intended for Wales here in the East
    Midlands.

    Some are in English for Welsh businesses, others in Welsh apparently for
    NHS organ donation.

    Playout system confused?

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Mark Carver@21:1/5 to Andy Burns on Mon Nov 20 14:15:43 2023
    On 20/11/2023 13:15, Andy Burns wrote:
    Not exactly broadcast, as I'm listening using streaming devices, I know
    they replace adverts with local/regional variations, but since the
    weekend I've been getting adverts intended for Wales here in the East Midlands.

    Some are in English for Welsh businesses, others in Welsh apparently for
    NHS organ donation.

    I listen to Times Radio quite a bit. When indoors via Alexa. I can't say
    I've noticed any 'wrong ads'

    My Plusnet connection confuses C4's streaming service, because that
    seems to think I live in Manchester (gong by some of the local ads) when
    I live in Hampshire.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From JMB99@21:1/5 to Mark Carver on Mon Nov 20 14:48:36 2023
    On 20/11/2023 14:15, Mark Carver wrote:
    I listen to Times Radio quite a bit. When indoors via Alexa. I can't say
    I've noticed any 'wrong ads'

    My Plusnet connection confuses C4's streaming service, because that
    seems to think I live in Manchester (gong by some of the local ads) when
    I live in Hampshire.


    Interesting, everyone seems keen to encourage streaming, they might get
    more data on numbers of listeners but even without VPNs the indicated
    location can be that of the ISP and not the listeners, and advertisers
    are often very keen on targeting adverts to a particular area which is
    easier with terrestrial transmitters.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Mark Carver@21:1/5 to All on Mon Nov 20 15:43:59 2023
    On 20/11/2023 14:48, JMB99 wrote:
    On 20/11/2023 14:15, Mark Carver wrote:
    I listen to Times Radio quite a bit. When indoors via Alexa. I can't
    say I've noticed any 'wrong ads'

    My Plusnet connection confuses C4's streaming service, because that
    seems to think I live in Manchester (gong by some of the local ads)
    when I live in Hampshire.


    Interesting, everyone seems keen to encourage streaming, they might get
    more data on numbers of listeners but even without VPNs the indicated location can be that of the ISP and not the listeners, and advertisers
    are often very keen on targeting adverts to a particular area which is
    easier with terrestrial transmitters.


    Alexa should know exactly where I live, she's often anxious to tell me
    an Amazon order is out for delivery !

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Scott@21:1/5 to mb@nospam.net on Mon Nov 20 22:44:10 2023
    On Mon, 20 Nov 2023 22:40:55 +0000, JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> wrote:

    On 20/11/2023 15:43, Mark Carver wrote:

    Alexa should know exactly where I live, she's often anxious to tell me
    an Amazon order is out for delivery !

    But she is probably not allowed to tell anyone else, privacy etc.

    It will be in paragraph 76.27 of the terms and conditions :-)

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From JMB99@21:1/5 to Mark Carver on Mon Nov 20 22:40:55 2023
    On 20/11/2023 15:43, Mark Carver wrote:

    Alexa should know exactly where I live, she's often anxious to tell me
    an Amazon order is out for delivery !



    But she is probably not allowed to tell anyone else, privacy etc.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From J. P. Gilliver@21:1/5 to Brian Gaff on Thu Nov 30 13:42:53 2023
    In message <uk9t3j$1bj27$1@dont-email.me> at Thu, 30 Nov 2023 11:53:20,
    Brian Gaff <brian1gaff@gmail.com> writes
    Yes, Amazon has me in the right place, but Google keeps moving me around
    the se of England. I suspect that the answer to this is that something is >using the node address of the portal your isp is injecting you into is >located, not you yourself. Brian

    Amazon knows your delivery address, if you've ever bought from (or, I
    suspect, through) them. IP-based locations I think do indeed use where
    your ISP is (and may vary); mine certainly usually aren't even in the
    same county (in fact I don't think they've ever been).
    --
    J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

    Madness takes its toll. Please have exact change
    [via Penny Mayes (mayes@pmail.net)]

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)