Skip to main content
AlMac
Contributor II
June 13, 2020
Answered

Ads appearing on Tunein since change to Sonos S1, any idews why?

  • June 13, 2020
  • 14 replies
  • 3453 views

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

    This topic has been closed for further comments. You can use the search bar to find a similar topic, or create a new one by clicking Create Topic at the top of the page.
    Best answer by Airgetlam

    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. 

    14 replies

    Show previous replies
    Airgetlam
    Airgetlam
    June 23, 2020

    You forgot to mention NPR. 

    It’s a challenging and in my eyes unsustainable to give something away for free forever. You might be able to do it for a limited time as a marketing ploy, or to garner enough users to sell them other products, but eventually, there’s a cost that needs to be met. Salaries, servers, bandwidth, content. None of these things are free. 

    Bruce
    castalla
    Local Superstar
    June 23, 2020

    You forgot to mention NPR. 

    It’s a challenging and in my eyes unsustainable to give something away for free forever. You might be able to do it for a limited time as a marketing ploy, or to garner enough users to sell them other products, but eventually, there’s a cost that needs to be met. Salaries, servers, bandwidth, content. None of these things are free. 

    Well, yes.  But, none of the ‘socialised’ services have a direct charge to the listener.  They are free at the point of delivery being funded in part via general taxation or a hypothecated broadcast tax .   I suppose ad-supported services are also free at the point of delivery but the listener is often overwhelmed by repetitive ads.   

    Personallly, I refuse to tune in to such sources with one exception: German radio (and I believe TV also) has advertising limited to a maximum amount every hour and the ads are always broadcast at a specific time slot at the end of the hour.  The metadata signal this period as ‘Advertising’.

    It's the courageous bee's knees - all 6 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝. - - - - - Make Sonos Great Again - - - - -
    Doobs
    Lyricist I
    July 20, 2020

    Yes, same here.

    Since S1 I’m getting TuneIn ads at irregular intervals (not just pre-roll) I know it’s not part of the station broadcast because the ads are watermarked with an audible “Tune in” before playing. The other day it got stuck in a loop and played the same ad over and over again until I hit stop. I had zoned out on work but my GF complained that the ad had been going on repeat for a while. 

    Found this thread by googling the issue. 

      moelgaard
      Contributor I
      September 1, 2020

      I have had the same issues on Sonos radio stations (On the S1 App I cant choose TuneIn any longer). Quite painful ! 

      Fair enough nothing continue to be free but one can stream directly from various radio programs but that option is not made available on Sonos either ! 

      Terms & ConditionsAccessibility statement