Enjoy Family TV Time Without Inappropriate Ads

Finding a TV show that you and your young one both enjoy can be a bonding experience. The anticipation for the night of the week when your program comes on creates excitement and anticipation. But while the show that you have found may be—by your own personal standards—age-appropriate and clean, the commercials that come at each break may not be. Luckily, one company in Utah offers a solution that allows parents the ability to filter out ads during TV shows to create a fully-customized viewing experience for their child.

Filtrie, a Salt Lake City-based software company, has developed a way for parents to filter out ads on television that they deem inappropriate for their children. This new technology gives individuals unprecedented control to cater the ads viewed in their homes to personal interests, beliefs, and lifestyles.

Filtrie’s revolutionary approach surveys how each individual’s household views ads. Instead of relying on out-of-date, door-to-door questioning to gather commercial data, Filtrie uses real-time algorithms to understand the target audience at any given time. In other words, the software knows if it’s just mom and dad watching their favorite late-night sitcom or if a child is present in the room—the ads will change accordingly.

Children are easily influenced by what they see on TV, and it’s not only alcohol ads that parents should be concerned about. A child’s exposure to junk food ads can mold unhealthy eating habits, and seeing an ad for lingerie might bring about questions meant for later years. Filtrie will empower parents to make these judgment calls with the click of a button. Best of all, Filtrie is a free, opt-in service that will be coming available in the next few months. For more information, visit http://www.filtrie.com/.