Please stop the Spanish speaking ads! We speak English and this has become ridiculously annoying. There are no Spanish speaking ads on pay TV unless you watch a Spanish channel. Please stop this before I decide to go back to cable. It's driving me nuts!
Omg!!! Me too!!!! It makes me sick!!!! How can we stop it???!!!!!!!!
It is just unconscionable that you are getting sick, SmartGal. This is the worst news I have heard in the past year.
Please, please take some aspirin to relieve the pain, and for heaven's sake get to a doctor fast if that doesn't work.
I pray for your health.
I agree. I am not watching Spanish speaking programming either and see these ads as well.
Why do we have to learn Spanish to enjoy watching TV? Why can't the Spanish people that want to come over and live in America learn English?!! Let them be the ones that have to go through changes because they chose to come here we have been here we are still here and we will remain here!
Hi InParadise
Welcome to the Roku Community!
While we can't please everyone with the ads displayed, we strive to avoid offensive images and other things that Roku users might disagree with. May we know where are you seeing the Spanish ads? Is it from a specific channel or inside The Roku Channel? Since when have you been facing this issue?
Keep us posted so we can better help you out!
Warm Regards,
Lianna
Just got a roku tv and have been watching the NBC channel that is linked to our personal internet provider account. We watch the laws and order shows mainly. Have been seeing ads in Spanish from McDonalds and Walmart specifically. I want this to stop immediately please. I’m not offended by Spanish language; however, I’m offended that it’s presumed I want to see commercials in a language other than English when my global tv settings are set to English. The NBC app offers no settings to set default language and that is highly annoying. Stop closing a language for me when I’ve already chosen English. It’s presumptuous and I find that and only that to be offensive.
Thank you for adding to this thread. Glad I’m not the only one. I also have nothing against the Spanish language but I feel an arrogance by those producing these commercials and airing them English channels , an arrogance that they don’t care if the ads are understood or wanted
I live in Daytona Beach Florida, I have been a Roku customer for many years, I just now since I've been living at my new location at [personal information removed] Florida since September have been watching Roku and receiving Spanish speaking advertisements and I don't want to have to waste my time watching these ad because I don't understand what they're saying because I don't speak the language I'm an American citizen I grew up born and raised in the United States I did not and do not want to have to endure these ads please figure it out and do something about it!!
They are on several channels. Discovery plus for one. I see this on several English channels
Thank you to all speaking up about this. It irritates the **bleep** out of me, is there anyone on this post who knows if there is anyone we can send a written complaint to?
I really enjoy classic programming on MeTV, but it is now full of Spanish speaking ads. I asked them to air the commercials in English language and use Spanish subtitles. The answer was "no".
Wow sounds like maybe you want to consider not using them. I’m trying to fight every way I can
YESSSS STOP THE SPANISH ADS!!!!!! I am sick of it.
I know there is already a previous topic in regard to this subject, however, it appears it has been locked from any further replies, so I'm posting another one. I will not stop posting this topic until all that feel the same way get a satisfactory answer to this topic.
My primary language is English. I selected this when I created my Roku profile, therefore, I should not be forced to sit through Spanish speaking ads coming from any Roku streaming product OR their affiliate content providers e.g. NBC app.
TV viewers have been tracked for a very long time now using various methods of data gathering when opted into, therefore, there should be ZERO reason that data doesn't include the language of the viewer being data mined. With that in mind there should also be ZERO reason that the viewer should be forced to view any content not broadcast in their chosen primary language. Anything else is an affront to usability and user choice. We all PAY through the nose for our internet connections, subscriptions, etc. and those purchased products should provide the content described. The content pushed through the other channels needs to be filtered to exclude ANYTHING broadcast and any other language aside from the user's selected language.
If the content providers, like NBC wish to broadcast in another language, then their app should be forced to include options to select a primary, and perhaps, a secondary language.
There is ZERO reason these types of options cannot be implemented with the technology and tracking abilities afforded to these media conglomerates. Don't try to force-feed me content in a language that isn't my own simply to placate to certain demographics.
When it comes to culture in entertainment, I have ZERO issue with this; however, broadcast that content in my selected language. Roku needs to get in a meeting with it's content providers and app providers to have a serious discussion on how to correct this issue.
I'm not sure what recourse there is because corporations the size of NBC completely ignore the individual user, so.... If anyone has any other suggestions as to how to voice this opinion, please share. If you agree with what I'm saying here, of course.
This is a very good thread so far. I would like to know more about it. How to remove display ads. Thank you so much!
