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It is as if they have an ad every few minutes. He seems to be constantly saying "back in 60" or "back in 90", so much so that it has become a pain for me to watch.
Personally I would prefer longer ad slots so that the interview slots can be longer. It has got so bad in my eyes that I just give up watching it, because everytime a point is made it is we will be back with comments on that in X seconds!
Am I alone in this observation? Or do you not mind so many short ad spots disrupting the program?
BTW, I watched Oprah once with my wife. That is one ad-laden TV show. Don't know how she keeps viewers.
I watched Oprah once with my wife.
Whoa. Now that's love ;)
Lexur's idea is a good one if you want personality-driven commentary, which I enjoy, too. But, for just news--go to the web. Or PBS.
they have their selfproduced programs to punish people ;)
this thread reminds me of why I don't watch television.
That aside: why don't they just include the ads into the program, right into the open. say, whenever larry king blinks you can read "buy a mac" for a fraction of a second.
news and ads, I can just smell all the dollars I'll make, once I introduce story-targetted ads "more on the great fire downtown in 10 seconds, we interrupt our program for some ads ... BUY OUR SMOKE ALARM BUY OUR SMOKE ALARM ... and now, live from the scene ..." or are they doing that already?
That's why it's ads gone wild--DVRs. You have to be pretty fast on-the-draw with the remote and must have possession at all times, and they still hit the non-live (& live) viewers with the animated bottom screen banner when they return from commercials.
I saw where where that was going. It's just upcoming shows last I saw, but it will be full-time ads soon that will creep into more and more screen real estate. Killed my cable/sat. Netflix, hulu, ustream, & news VOD have more than I ever have time for.
5 minutes of ads for 5 minutes of news. And a lot of the broadcast seems to be, "Coming up, what you want to know about, but first, some silly nonsense."
Exactly! That "coming up" theory to get you back because they know you're going drove me over the edge. Cable news went to hell after 9-11. Isn't that when the permanent bottom ticker arrived?
Its great for NFL games, PGA events too. I start recording and then start watching 40 minutes later.
Can't figure out how I lived without those gizmos. Fantastic invention, right up there with the microwave and the remote control.
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Agree.
It revolutionised my free time. Not only am I ad-free, but I "have a life" and watch my TV when I can. Sheer brilliance.
I watched Oprah once with my wife.
Whoa. Now that's love ;)
Agree with the DVR sentiment. However, when you have to watch live TV, it's just SO painful!
[edited by: LifeinAsia at 4:46 pm (utc) on Mar. 25, 2009]
Oh wait, this weekend F1 begins! There is live update on the web, but it's not quite the same as seeing the cars.
I "have a life" and watch my TV when I can.
That is so true, no more appointment viewing. I watch tv when I want to watch tv, not when they want me to watch it.
