I went to the NE vs Indiana basketball game this year and was shocked on how many tv timeouts there were. Obviously, during the game, both teams have the same amount of time to make adjustments, but doesn't it hurt preparing for a game? You make a good plan for the game, now the other team has more free timeouts to make adjustments.
I don't know if they are "TV timeouts" as opposed to regularly scheduled timeouts. If you watch college basketball with any regularity, you would know that there is a timeout scheduled with the first dead ball after every multiple of 4 (16, 12, 8, and 4) minutes. In the past, they might have considered them TV timeouts or media timeouts, but it's a regular part of the game now, at every level.
This year, college basketball reduced the number of coaches timeouts to 4, with only 3 which can be carried over to the 2nd half.