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Why is it that the ITV player works seamlessly when the adverts are on but not during the actual TDF show?
Boringly, two main reasons:-
a) The adverts, since they aren't live, are buffered in advance by lots of different CDN nodes. If the ITV player in your browser has a problem getting to one source it can try another to get served the required advert. The footage is live so it can't be buffered in as many places, and not in advance.
b) Many advertisers pay based on proof that their adverts have been served, so they're a priority over the live footage.
Greenbank
Why is it that the ITV player works seamlessly when the adverts are on but not during the actual TDF show?
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