A system and method for standardizing media content for channel agnostic detection of television advertisements includes normalizing each frame of a video corresponding to broadcast media content on the channel. The method also includes deriving one or more characteristics corresponding to one or more features. The method also includes trimming a pre-defined percentage of area in each frame of the media content based on the one or more characteristics corresponding to the one or more features associated with the media content. The method also includes extracting a first set of audio fingerprints and a first set of video fingerprints. The first set of audio fingerprints and the first set of video fingerprints correspond to a media content broadcasting on the channel. The method also includes detecting the one or more advertisements broadcast across the plurality of channels in the real time.