GreyNurse Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Hi Raiders, Been off the past week and probably for the next few weeks with a number of health issues. Never mind. I'm sure I'll recover, but it takes longer as you get older. Anyway, the topic here isn't me, it's that necessary evil of free to air commercial TV. With the extra time on my hands, I'm often switching on the idiot box to find something to watch, and just about every time I open a commercial channel, they're running an advert. Let me quantify that. The past two days, I've kept track of the number of times I've selected a commercial channel and found the actual show running. Would you believe that so far, after 15 times, I've come into the show just 3 times, the other twelve times being greeted by an advert. So what's that; 20% show to 80% ads. It's become progressively worse over the years, despite the fact that, at one stage, I'm sure the commercial stations said that they would reduce the interruptions by introducing either ad blocks, or banner ads. It's no wonder people download shows illegally off the internet, or stream them, whether they pay or not. I have the complete 9 seasons of Scrubs, which I keep returning to just because I can watch each episode ad free. OK, I've had my bitch. Anyone else want to wade in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linc Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Suppose they've gotta pay their way somehow, and when companies are willing to pay millions for a 30 second slot I'd be showing more ads than shows too if it were my company But I think you'll find its 66% show and 33% ads on average, since most hour long shows actually have 40 mins of tv and 20 mins of ads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jew Stalker Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 To be honest I get very little time in front of the box and when I do I mostly get kids shows due to having a 10 year old girl and 2 year old boy. So therefore most of the time it is add free due to being on the abc channels. If I do feel like watching something it is generally a specific doco so I just watch them online. Free tv sucks anyway. Rarely do you find anything of interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyNurse Posted February 9, 2014 Author Share Posted February 9, 2014 So true, Trouty, but when yer desperate....... Anyhow, I've since noticed that the commercial stations stagger the ad breaks. Not intentionally, per se, but more likely to provide the least interruption to a story line in a show, whatever. In that event, there would be a small window where a show is running, and if, like me, you're a channel surfer, then I suppose you'd get similar results as I've been experiencing. That's my take, anyway. Long Live Aunty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jew Stalker Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Aunty Bob is still living, I will send her your regards hehe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverbike Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 you forgot to add that most of the ads are either for funeral insurance or income insurance..... boxtel is just as bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest no one Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 I thought the UK was bad with ads but Australia takes the biscuit! 5 mins of show, 6 mins of ads - rinse repeat! So much money in ads though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyNurse Posted February 22, 2014 Author Share Posted February 22, 2014 I still reckon they should run ads in blocks. I noticed 2UE now does something similar with some of their programs. 5 minutes of news, 20 minutes of program, 5 minutes of ads, with a few mandatory station ID's thrown in. At least it makes commercial radio more listenable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebottle18 Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 Stock up on Fishing DVD`s. Perhaps you can practice tying some knots. Jazzing up some lures. Yeah totally agree with what you say. I always hope SBS has something interesting. If you are into soccer you are made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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