TV channels 'speeding up shows to fit in more adverts'

Old favourites Friends and Seinfeld have been compressed to bump up the time allocated to ads

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Cable television networks in the United States are said to be speeding up the content of their shows to make more room for advertisements.

TBS, TNT and TV Land are reportedly among the channels using compression technology to speed up films and sitcoms, such as Seinfeld and Friends.

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