Eli5: TV commercials cut out after 1 second and play another?

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Is it a problem in the control room of the TV station? Is it overbooking of commercial spots? Why do I sometimes see a commercial play for about 1 second, and then it cuts out and another compliantly different commercial plays instead?

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Usually this happens when a local station’s feed (Channel 7 Detroit) cuts over from their local control room to the national feed (ABC central). Like after your 11 oc clock news and it cuts over to the national nightly news or a late show.
The national feed is coming via satellite, and the synchronization is sometimes off by a second or two.

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