“Most of the time, when I get longer unskippable ads, it’s on my Samsung TV, with the official YouTube app for the TV. Okay, I haven’t seen any hour-long unskippable ads lately, ...

Roku is testing unskippable ad videos that play on TV startup, before the homescreen loads. Users are furious and threatening to leave if Roku continues this practice. Roku is one of the more ...

YouTube is introducing 30-second unskippable ads on connected TVs, replacing the two consecutive 15-second ads that can appear before a video starts. ... Qualcomm and Samsung created it together.

Normally, unskippable ads on YouTube are limited to 15 seconds in duration. However, Google admits that they’re making an effort to identify ad-blocking users and discourage them from using ad ...

How to Block Ads on Your Samsung, LG, ... YouTube users are reporting seeing unskippable multi-hour ads, but it seems like they might be limited to users running ad-blockers.

Some users are seeing hour-long unskippable ads on YouTube. No, seriously… an hour. I wouldn’t blame anyone if they resorted to ad blockers after dealing with that sort of nightmare.

Aside from Instagram, YouTube also shows unskippable ads before and during videos. It even expanded unskippable, 30-second commercials to its TV app last year.

First, YouTube subjected viewers to longer unskippable ads. Now, not even pausing your screen will let users escape. The Google-owned platform confirmed Thursday that it has “widely rolled out ...