What is going on?! House Hunters International on YTTV

Lately when I try to watch House Hunters International, a guilty pleasure of mine for many years, it either isn't taping or they hold me hostage to commercials. Most systems, after you have watched the commercials let you go on but if I have to answer the phone or anything and pause I am right back to 5 minutes of commercials that I just watched. While I know that the shows determine the commercials, this seems more pervasive than I have experienced in the past. What the heck is going on. I am starting to think that YTTV isn't worth it. Seems like I am paying quite a bit but the benefits of it are going swiftly down. May as well subscribe to a cheaper service even with fewer shows. Any experience with this type of thing. The thing I noticed is that I didn't have the choice of format like other shows.