Why did my TV get stuck in a commercial loop?

deedleann824

Saturday evening. the screen went black for about a minute, then a commercial played. Then it went black again for about a minute and then another commercial played. It happened again and a different commercial played. This continued for several minutes going from a black screen to alternating three different commercials. When I finally realized it had been going on much longer than normal, I changed the channel then went back to what I was watching originally. That seemed to break the loop. I wasn't streaming, just watching ordinary cable TV on a Cisco 4742HDC receiver. I wanted to know what could have caused it.

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deedleann824

I was watching BBC America.