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AlMac
Contributor II
Jun 13, 2020 11:46 AM UTC
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Ads appearing on Tunein since change to Sonos S1, any idews why?

Hi learned Sonos Community

since the change to Sonos s1 whilst playing radio via Sonos thro tunein I keep getting the same ad appearing, never happened before any one else had same issue

 

thanks

 

Al

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    Airgetlam
    AirgetlamAnswer
    Jun 22, 2020 10:56 PM UTC

    Yep, I have the same issue, I can’t listen to baseball games, when they were occurring, on Sonos either. I originally set up a line in from my Mac to a PLAY:5, but eventually went with AirPlay 2 instead. There have been many instances of folks requesting they add TuneIn Premium, and I’ve even contacted TuneIn, but so far nothing. 

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    ratty
    ratty
    Jun 13, 2020 11:58 AM UTC

    Which station? Some stations invoked via TuneIn hook an ad before connecting to the service. At a guess it’s a TuneIn thing, rather than Sonos.

    If the ads are appearing between tracks then they must have been inserted by the actual station.

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    AlMacAuthor
    Contributor II
    Jun 13, 2020 1:27 PM UTC

    Radio X ad appears mid song and only started happening since change to Sonos S1 which could be coincidental idk

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    rweiner
    Jun 21, 2020 7:56 PM UTC

    Same here -- I’m hearing ads for TuneIn occasionally when starting non-commercial stations like WWOZ.

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    Airgetlam
    Airgetlam
    Jun 21, 2020 8:16 PM UTC

    Your question should be to TuneIn. Sonos doesn’t alter the stream. 

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    Bruce
    rweiner
    Jun 21, 2020 8:34 PM UTC

    Thanks, Airgetlam

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      rweiner
      Jun 22, 2020 9:04 PM UTC

      TuneIn says: “We just started doing pre-roll ads on Sonos.” I’ll be looking more closely at radio.com

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        Airgetlam
        Airgetlam
        Jun 22, 2020 9:27 PM UTC

        I suspect you’ll find similar things on any ‘free’ service, as there isn’t anything that is really ‘free’. You either pay a subscription, or you get to listen to advertising. Sometimes both. 

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        Bruce
        rweiner
        Jun 22, 2020 9:47 PM UTC

        Yes, but whereas I can listen to Spotify Premium through Sonos, “It’s not possible to add a TuneIn Pro or Premium account to Sonos.” (This is from Sonos’s FAQ)
        https://support.sonos.com/s/article/83?language=en_US

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        Airgetlam
        AirgetlamAnswer
        Jun 22, 2020 10:56 PM UTC

        Yep, I have the same issue, I can’t listen to baseball games, when they were occurring, on Sonos either. I originally set up a line in from my Mac to a PLAY:5, but eventually went with AirPlay 2 instead. There have been many instances of folks requesting they add TuneIn Premium, and I’ve even contacted TuneIn, but so far nothing. 

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        Bruce
        castalla
        Local Superstar
        Jun 22, 2020 11:23 PM UTC

        I suspect you’ll find similar things on any ‘free’ service, as there isn’t anything that is really ‘free’. You either pay a subscription, or you get to listen to advertising. Sometimes both. 

        Except on the leftish BBC, and the radio streams from DR and NRK.  Even in the US there’s Radio Paradise.

        I suspect there are many others without advertising … how about ABC stations from Australia?

        If you mean ‘aggregators’ as opposed to actual radio streams, then there are alternatives to Tunein, eg. radio.net, MyTuner, etc.

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