Roku has patented a way to show ads over anything you plug into your TV
Briefly

Roku is considering displaying ads over devices connected via HDMI, expanding beyond its traditional ad placements on its own screens and first-party video channels.
While a patent describes the technology to display ads over paused content on Roku TVs by identifying objects in frames, the actual implementation is uncertain.
Read at Ars Technica
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