Sky One adverts!

Recorded Pandemic last night using DVD recorder. Total programme length was
1hr 50mins. After sticking the DVD into my PC and editing out the adverts,
the programme was only 1hr 20 mins - around 28% advertising! I'm so glad I
don't pay Sky anything anymore (I get Sky One for free on NTL).

"Brian W" wrote in message
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Recorded Pandemic last night using DVD recorder. Total programme length
was 1hr 50mins. After sticking the DVD into my PC and editing out the
adverts, the programme was only 1hr 20 mins - around 28% advertising! I'm
so glad I don't pay Sky anything anymore (I get Sky One for free on NTL).


No different to ITV, watch any of their two hour dramas, example Frost, a
2hr program becomes 1hr30. Thats why I watch almost everything on Sky+ so I
cann ff the ads.

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"Brian W" wrote in message
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Recorded Pandemic last night using DVD recorder. Total programme length was 1hr 50mins. After sticking the DVD into
my PC and editing out the adverts, the programme was only 1hr 20 mins - around 28% advertising! I'm so glad I don't
pay Sky anything anymore (I get Sky One for free on NTL).


No different to ITV, watch any of their two hour dramas, example Frost, a 2hr program becomes 1hr30. Thats why I watch
almost everything on Sky+ so I cann ff the ads.

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Tumbleweed




Indeed.
It is interesting that SKY's own productions have one less advert break per hour
perhaps due to their slightly longer runtime as opposed to any OFCOM ruling
DVR's are the best thing to come to television since well television itself although
the advertisers probably wouldn't agree

SKY 1 of course still gets paid for NTL carriage, some of Brian's subscription still
goes into BSKYB's pocket.


Mike C

On Wed, 03 Jan 2007 15:11:52 GMT, "Brian W"
wrote:

Recorded Pandemic last night using DVD recorder. Total programme length was
1hr 50mins. After sticking the DVD into my PC and editing out the adverts,
the programme was only 1hr 20 mins - around 28% advertising! I'm so glad I
don't pay Sky anything anymore (I get Sky One for free on NTL).

If you only edited out the adverts, you wouldn't have lost more than
18 minutes. You must have taken out the trailers as well.

By the way, what makes you think that NTL don't take the money you pay
them for their overpriced phone line, and pass a portion of it
directly to Sky as payment for the Sky services that you're receiving?

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Some of the adverts are quite interesting...I myself quite like the special
K adverts!

But some make me turn straight over like the Halifax advert with that stupid
bloke trying to dance and the advert where some idot is talking about snot.

"Brian W" wrote in message
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Recorded Pandemic last night using DVD recorder. Total programme length
was 1hr 50mins. After sticking the DVD into my PC and editing out the
adverts, the programme was only 1hr 20 mins - around 28% advertising! I'm
so glad I don't pay Sky anything anymore (I get Sky One for free on NTL).