Long or short advert breaks

A film i watched on one of the 'zone' channels the other seemed to stop
for a advert break about every 10 minutes .

Granted the actual breaks where quite short .

But as i always mute the sound on advert breaks - this meant i was
constantly reaching for the remote control to mute the sound when the
advert break starts and unmute the sound when the advert break ends .

This means i much prefer long advert breaks .


What do you lot prefer - and why .

- long advert break ?

- short advert break ?


PS: users who say they dont want live tv anymore can go **** themselves
and keep their gobs shut as that isnt the question being asked .

On 20 Mar, 12:42, Krustov wrote:

What do you lot prefer - and why .

- long advert break ?

- short advert break ?

How about no ad breaks? That works for me. If only there were TV
channels offering such a thing.
Cheers
Jeff

uk.media.tv.misc
Jeff Lawrence
Thu, 20 Mar 2008 04:43:25 -0700 (PDT)


How about no ad breaks? That works for me. If only there were TV
channels offering such a thing


For your plan to work - said channel would need to show good tv shows
and good films - and not wall to wall drivel and soap opera ****e .


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www.krustov.co.uk

Krustov wrote:

uk.media.tv.misc
Jeff Lawrence
Thu, 20 Mar 2008 04:43:25 -0700 (PDT)


How about no ad breaks? That works for me. If only there were TV
channels offering such a thing


For your plan to work - said channel would need to show good tv shows
and good films - and not wall to wall drivel and soap opera ****e .

--
www.krustov.co.uk

I guess you haven't seen this?

http://tinyurl.com/2h27tm

March 20, 2008

More frequent advertising breaks likely under watchdog’s proposal

British television would have more frequent, American-style
advertising breaks under a proposal from the media regulator.

Ofcom recommended removing a rule which requires a 20-minute interval
between advertising breaks during programmes on commercial channels.

But in a package of options sent out to broadcasters for consultation,
Ofcom also opened up the possibility of a complete US-style
free-for-all. One approach on the table is “letting all channels
decide for themselves how often to have advertising breaks”.

The watchdog cautioned that viewers had complained about instant
breaks being introduced during the American imports Lost and The West
Wing by Channel 4, within seconds of an episode beginning. However,
Ofcom said it believed that “allowing flexibility for the timing of
breaks is likely to be welcomed by viewers as it would allow breaks to
be timed to suit the content of programmes”.


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On 20 Mar, 11:52, Krustov wrote:
uk.media.tv.misc
Jeff Lawrence
Thu, 20 Mar 2008 04:43:25 -0700 (PDT)


How about no ad breaks? That works for me. If only there were TV
channels offering such a thing

For your plan to work - said channel would need to show good tv shows
and good films - and not wall to wall drivel and soap opera ****e .

--www.krustov.co.uk

I don't know if it's a secret but I watched a really good drama last
night with no advert breaks at all! It's not the first either! This
channel, though obscure, may be available if you fine tune your
Freeview box. It was called BBC2.

Just read this:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/20/ofcom_tv_ads/

Even more adverts are planned!

Roy.


"Ar" wrote in message
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On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 04:43:25 -0700, Jeff Lawrence wrote:

What do you lot prefer - and why .

- long advert break ?

- short advert break ?

How about no ad breaks? That works for me. If only there were TV
channels offering such a thing.

Well, don't mention the BBC because they have ad breaks as well, and even
adverts within programming - product placements.

I don't know if it's a secret but I watched a really good drama last
night with no advert breaks at all! *It's not the first either! *This
channel, though obscure, may be available if you fine tune your
Freeview box. *It was called BBC2.

All of SKY's film subscription channels are advert free as well.

Look at it from the perspective of the TV companies.

Long advert breaks allow viewers to get up a do something else and are
far more likely to be fast forwarded when watching a recording.

Short breaks are more likely to be watched as they are less intrusive.

If you want free TV then adverts come with the deal.

Trouble is, too many here want something for nothing.

Well, of course, we all want that but at least some of us don't go
beyond the pale and resort to bloody moaning when we can't get it.

On 20 Mar, 13:58, Ar wrote:

Well, don't mention the BBC because they have ad breaks as well, and even
adverts within programming - product placements.

Well of course. They have to get their money from somewhere.
Cheers
Jeff

Jeff Lawrence said the following on 20/03/2008 11:43:
On 20 Mar, 12:42, Krustov wrote:

What do you lot prefer - and why .

- long advert break ?

- short advert break ?

How about no ad breaks? That works for me. If only there were TV
channels offering such a thing.
Cheers
Jeff

Sheer luxury!

What's the point in having adverts, introduce about 30 seconds of a
programme, go to opening credits then more ****ing adverts?

Seen long ago on the SCI-FI channel, adverts about 3 minutes before
the programme end, back for the end logo then station credits and more
****ing adverts.

All adverts do for me is to allow me to decide whether to hop channels
away from the station that wanted to get my attention.