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International Business Times: Television viewers have long used their remote controls to skip through commercials, but now the crafty minds at Comcast have figured out a way to turn the tables — by turning the remote control into a tool for delivering advertisements. Two months after introducing the consumer launch of its new voice-controlled Xfinity remote control, the media giant announced that the trusty clicker will talk back to consumers in “Minionese” as a promotional tie-in with the forthcoming animated feature “Minions.” The film, which hits theaters July 10, is being distributed by Comcast’s Universal Pictures.