Recently, numerous articles have popped up claiming TV networks speed up their shows in order to play more commercials.
From reddit to CBS, everyone is decrying the practise as a money grab at the expense of the artistic integrity of the original programming.
You might be surprised to learn this is old news. Snopes.com explored the topic last August. Way back in 2002, everything2 exposed the phenomenon.
The program the networks use is called Time Tailor, a “video time optimization solution” by Prime Image. Check out their Revenue Calculator.
My take: how about they speed up the commercials by 50% instead?