variety.com, robbreport.com and others. [rej]

[rsalvuccipmc]

Affected sites:
variety.com, robbreport.com, billboard.com, artnews.com and others

Issue:
Blocked videos.

Example:

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https://robbreport.com/motors/motorcycles/audi-electric-bike-inspired-e-tron-1234817080/

There is a video in the middle of the article that is blocked when ad blockers are active.

Problem filter:
EasyList
Problem rule:

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||connatix.com^$third-party,domain=~accuweather.com|~elnuevoherald.com|~loot.tv|~miamiherald.com

Possible fix:

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- ||connatix.com^$third-party,domain=~accuweather.com|~elnuevoherald.com|~loot.tv|~miamiherald.com

+ ||connatix.com^$third-party,domain=~accuweather.com|~artnwes.com|~billboard.com|~bgr.com|~blogher.com|~deadline.com|~dirt.com|~elnuevoherald.com|~footwearnews.com|~goldderby.com|~indiewire.com||~loot.tv|~miamiherald.com|~robbreport.com|~rollingstone.com|~sheknows.com|~soaps.com|~sourcingjournal.com|~spy.com|~stylecaster.com|~thehollywoodreporter.com|~variety.com|~vibe.com|~wwd.com

Other details:
The videos being blocked are all content related. Some of the videos being block are videos that only get served to premium subscribers on some site.

[fanboy]

This is advert.

[rsalvuccipmc]

There is a preroll advert at the beginning of the video, but after that ad the content of the actual video is blocked as well.

[rsalvuccipmc]

You can see in this post that the video is the actors being discussed in the article being interviewed about the film.

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https://www.indiewire.com/video/the-old-man-jeff-bridges-john-lithgow-interview-1234866852/