If all goes according to plan, these ads will begin playing automatically, even on your smartphone.

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While I was watching live or recorded shows on the iPad, I could tap anywhere else on the screen and the show that was playing automatically shrank and dropped down into the bottom right corner of the screen.

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The app will automatically start playing the list of available stories from that source.

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