Sky One introduces on-screen paid for advertising during programmes

Edster wrote:
I just got back from holiday, so this might be old news by now but
since it's something I haven't seen before, and it's something that I
predicted would happen at least 6 months ago, forgive me for pointing
it out again.

During The Simpsons tonight, Sky One had on-screen adverts for Dominos
Pizzas during the programme itself, as well as the normal pre and post
ad break slots. I taped it if anyone doubts this.

It won't be long now before every programme has a similar message from
the sponsors permanently etched onto our ever diminishing viewing
screen. No doubt the next Sky mag, and replies to this post, will be
full of people praising them for doing this because they didn't know
what to have for tea.

Up the video here
http://www.4shared.com/

"^^artnada^^" wrote in message
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Up the video here
http://www.4shared.com/

I think you need to supply a specific link

Loz

Edster wrote:
"^^artnada^^" wrote in message

Edster wrote:
I just got back from holiday, so this might be old news by now but
since it's something I haven't seen before, and it's something that I
predicted would happen at least 6 months ago, forgive me for pointing
it out again.

During The Simpsons tonight, Sky One had on-screen adverts for Dominos
Pizzas during the programme itself, as well as the normal pre and post
ad break slots. I taped it if anyone doubts this.

It won't be long now before every programme has a similar message from
the sponsors permanently etched onto our ever diminishing viewing
screen. No doubt the next Sky mag, and replies to this post, will be
full of people praising them for doing this because they didn't know
what to have for tea.
Up the video here
http://www.4shared.com/


http://www.4shared.com/file/3175178/...ntitled-1.html
http://www.4shared.com/file/3175177/...ntitled-2.html
http://www.4shared.com/file/3175175/...ntitled-3.html

Well, if that evers happens on 'ordinary' TV I'll stop watching
altogether. Jeez.

Clem

On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 18:48:06 GMT, Edster wrote:

http://www.4shared.com/file/3175178/...ntitled-1.html
http://www.4shared.com/file/3175177/...ntitled-2.html
http://www.4shared.com/file/3175175/...ntitled-3.html

That's the red dot icon from the Domino's sponsorship credits. If
they're appearing during a programme that a pretty obvious mistake,
but nothing more.
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Edster wrote:

Mike Henry wrote in message

In , Edster wrote:

http://www.4shared.com/file/3175178/...ntitled-1.html
http://www.4shared.com/file/3175177/...ntitled-2.html
http://www.4shared.com/file/3175175/...ntitled-3.html

Thankyou. Presuming that you have already set your digibox to timeout
the red dot after 30 seconds, Sky must have deliberately triggered it
into "aggressive" mode to get it to re-appear. Otherwise I'd only expect
to see two screengrabs when the dot unavoidably appeared: one at the
start, and one after the ad-break. Can you confirm that it kept on
re-appearing?

It kept coming back on every few minutes.

yeah, that's the same tactic as used by the challenge channel
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On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 20:34:30 GMT, Edster wrote:

Yeah, right. Just like Sky's house ads coming on over programmes was a
mistake, and not just a way to train viewers for the day they could
start using paid for advertising instead.

Yes, exactly like that. A mistake. And not just some paranoid
conspiracy theory as you (again) suggest.

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"Paul Heslop" wrote in message
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Thankyou. Presuming that you have already set your digibox to timeout
the red dot after 30 seconds, Sky must have deliberately triggered it
into "aggressive" mode to get it to re-appear. Otherwise I'd only expect
to see two screengrabs when the dot unavoidably appeared: one at the
start, and one after the ad-break. Can you confirm that it kept on
re-appearing?

It kept coming back on every few minutes.

yeah, that's the same tactic as used by the challenge channel

And also recently by E4 in an episode of Lost.
A big ad for something - not just a red dot - kept appearing every 2
minutes!!!!

Loz

Edster wrote:

Paul Heslop wrote in message

It kept coming back on every few minutes.

yeah, that's the same tactic as used by the challenge channel

How much do you want to bet we start seeing more and more of these
"mistakes"?

not a lot :O)
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loz wrote:

"Paul Heslop" wrote in message
...
Thankyou. Presuming that you have already set your digibox to timeout
the red dot after 30 seconds, Sky must have deliberately triggered it
into "aggressive" mode to get it to re-appear. Otherwise I'd only expect
to see two screengrabs when the dot unavoidably appeared: one at the
start, and one after the ad-break. Can you confirm that it kept on
re-appearing?

It kept coming back on every few minutes.

yeah, that's the same tactic as used by the challenge channel

And also recently by E4 in an episode of Lost.
A big ad for something - not just a red dot - kept appearing every 2
minutes!!!!

Loz

I reckon the red dot on the movie channels is just a lead in for it.
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On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 14:13:51 +0100, "loz"
wrote:

And also recently by E4 in an episode of Lost.
A big ad for something - not just a red dot - kept appearing every 2
minutes!!!!

So report it to Ofcom. It's illegal and if it's being done on purpose
(which it obviously is not, but I'll indulge you) then they'll stop
it.

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