I've seen the future of TV logos and it isn't good

Dave wrote:
For those on here who go on about logos on TV channels in the UK and
Australia I'm currently in the USA and have a 'taste of the
future' and it is not looking good.

On most of the main channels here, not only do they have an on-screen
logos for the TV channel but there seems to be a preponderance of
advertising logos during the programmes themselves. In most shows I
have watched, both comedy programmes and films, after most breaks a
'commercial' for other programmes on the channel is shown in the
bottom corner of the screen, or over the whole of the bottom of the
screen during the programme itself! These can go on for about 30
seconds, and are very distracting.

I have seen such logos before, when watching cricket on TV in Asia (I
think it was India vs Pakistan), but at least in that case the adverts
were fairly non-intrusive (e.g. no sound and just in an infobar on the
bottom of the screen) and there were no commercial breaks. Here in the
USA, the main channels have loads of commercials, and commercials in
the programmes themselves!

I wonder where it will stop? With an entire programme obscured by one
long set of commercials? No doubt we will suffer this here before
long too?

David

Me thinks that there will be a direct correlation between the number of
households with PVRs that allow ad skipping and the number of intrusive
scrolling ads etc.

Luckily the advertising in this country is regulated, so at the moment
this
isn't possible - at least on the mainstream channels.

But then programme sponsorship never used to be allowed until the commercial
operators put pressure on the regulators to change that.

"

Some channels are ad free, like Showtime

And, of course, the BBC.


mike

Dave wrote:
For those on here who go on about logos on TV channels in the UK and
Australia I'm currently in the USA and have a 'taste of the
future' and it is not looking good.

On most of the main channels here, not only do they have an on-screen
logos for the TV channel but there seems to be a preponderance of
advertising logos during the programmes themselves. In most shows I
have watched, both comedy programmes and films, after most breaks a
'commercial' for other programmes on the channel is shown in the
bottom corner of the screen, or over the whole of the bottom of the
screen during the programme itself! These can go on for about 30
seconds, and are very distracting.

I have seen such logos before, when watching cricket on TV in Asia (I
think it was India vs Pakistan), but at least in that case the adverts
were fairly non-intrusive (e.g. no sound and just in an infobar on the
bottom of the screen) and there were no commercial breaks. Here in the
USA, the main channels have loads of commercials, and commercials in
the programmes themselves!

I wonder where it will stop? With an entire programme obscured by one
long set of commercials? No doubt we will suffer this here before
long too?

David

It'll stop pretty quickly for me. Once that happens I shan't bother
watching TV any more. There's bugger-all on worth watching now. Lump in
DOGs and coming next overlays and so forth and it's enough (for me) to
want to junk the whole deal. I've got plenty of DVDs to keep me busy.
That said, even DVDs have advertising junk stuck on to them, sometimes
anything up to ten minutes worth.

Grrrrr.


Clem

That said, even DVDs have advertising junk stuck on to them, sometimes
anything up to ten minutes worth.

Ah, but there are ways round that ;-)

http://www.dvdshrink.org/what.html

In message , Simon Chambers
wrote

Luckily the advertising in this country is regulated, so at the moment this
isn't possible - at least on the mainstream channels.


It hasn't stopped intrusive DOGs from appearing on the screen.

Did it stop TUTV placing banner advertising on Ch5? The advertising may
not have been broadcast as part of the program content but it was seen
on screen by many people watching CH5.
--
Alan

In message , mike ring
wrote
"

Some channels are ad free, like Showtime

And, of course, the BBC.

There are more advertisements on the BBC in the UK than on some of the
'commercial' channels.

--
Alan

DB wrote:
That said, even DVDs have advertising junk stuck on to them, sometimes
anything up to ten minutes worth.


Ah, but there are ways round that ;-)

http://www.dvdshrink.org/what.html



Yeah true, but why should have to go to the trouble to rip my DVDs just
to skip ads.? These should be optional, not mandatory, FFS.


Clem

Really? Can you give an example of a commercial channel that has less
advertising than BBC1 in the UK?

Although BBC America has commercials and the annoying logo ads in the
programmes ;-( Interestingly enough it seems to show lots of ITV shows
like Footballers Wive$ and Mile High. I thought American's had more
taste!