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Enough with all the clutter (graphics) on my HD screen!

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I know we have been having various posts about the pop-ups, etc, on NBC, like the is NBC the new TNT and others, but I, in fact, my wife and I, are so pissed off with all the cluttering that most networks are putting on our screens that I've decided to vent a bit and create a new post - Mods >> I hope you do not mind.


NBC >> I don't give a rat's... that Battle of Choirs or whatever will start whenever... but TAKE THAT DAMN pop-up out of my screen! When, say, I am watching Deal or No deal, I want to watch the models, Howie, the contestants, etc...


Fox 5 NY >> While you are showing Senfield, I don't care that I can go to your website and find more info if it's going to steal 1/3 of the Screen space


Discovery >> I am a huge fan of Mythbusters, so I know I can watch more in your website about the show!


ABC >> A BIG THANK YOU! for not cluttering your shows like Housewifes, etc. Just a request: Do the same thing during the next Fifa World Cup!!!!


I hope some network execs read these posts, because rather than making us want to watch these damn shows, web sites, etc, this is only making us NOT TO WANT TO WATCH these damn new crappy shows!
 
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It is getting pretty bad, I am really sick on NBC already, I like the peacock with the Christmas hat, but the dumb advertising next to it is very annoying.....

At least CBS and ABC are pretty decent about their HDTV and a lack of lower thirds......
 
#4 ·
for the same and more reasons, i recently dumped my comcast hd service
after 3+ yrs. i only had it for movies but now i get them, hd and sd dvds, from netflix; or buy them.


were i a sports fan i probably would have kept service but im not so 'ef'em!


im saving a c-note a month. using it on hd and sd dvds.
 
#5 ·

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Originally Posted by CycloneGT /forum/post/12478208


I hate to say it, but in this age of DVRs, this practice will never go away. Just like ads on web pages, there are here to stay. And they likely will spread and get worse too.


Merry Christmas...

But at least on web pages, thank God for Ad Block for Firefox:)

I never buy products because I have seen them on tv or any other form of advertising, I would encourage others to do the same....
 
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Originally Posted by gjvrieze /forum/post/12478239


But at least on web pages, thank God for Ad Block for Firefox:)

I never buy products because I have seen them on tv or any other form of advertising, I would encourage others to do the same....

If the advertisers thought that no one bought products because of the Ads on TV shows, they would stop advertising on TV. No more TV shows would be produced.
 
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That animated peacock/TODAY has been there awhile, they recently added the scrolling "today.com" crap below it. The word "TODAY" now appears 4 times when they are pillarboxing! I have lost a lot of respect for this networks' overshilling. Leave the ads for the commerical breaks, please.
 
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Originally Posted by Mark Fontana /forum/post/12480594


But there's more to come... they haven't tried translucent text over the WHOLE SCREEN yet, have they?




...and then when folks get used to that, animated versions of the same...

wait...are there words on your picture?


oh! there they are....
took me a bit to notice.
 
#12 ·
More than a month ago, we covered the same topic here .


Some shows are now doing considerably better than their peers not because of live viewers but DVR viewers. Friday Night Lights is a good example of a show that gets a considerable boost from DVR viewership. DVR viewers are part of a prime demographic group for networks.


DVR viewers represent the right age and income ranges. DVR viewers watch fewer commercials. Networks, due to lagging ratings, are having to refund ad money. These items result in networks (NBC being the worst) pushing their own shows in the only space that the premium viewers watch.


As logical as it is, I hate the practice. Write NBC and the other offending networks and explain that you will no longer be watching their shows. Talk to the local station (in the case of broadcast networks) and explain that the network's practice will cost them local ad revenue as well. The only way to change this is to make the practice economically painful for the networks.


We are presented with an odd set of circumstances due to the writer's strike. The networks are suffering from serious ratings slumps due to the lack of new shows. Increased pressure on the already low ratings may have more impact during this slump.



P.S. Before anyone suggests the government regulating this, think again. That would, more than likely, only result in having political ads during the shows. Remember what a good job they did of excluding political calls from do not call legislation?
 
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And with the political season soon to be in full swing, we ain't seen nuthin yet.
 
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The wife and I were watching a program yesterday (I think it might have been Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares on Fox) when all of a sudden the screen got invaded by a bunch of f**king Chipmunks! It was an ad for a new Chipmunks movie. Wtf! Now they're interrupting TV programs to advertise movies! Whats next, Viagra pop-ups (think about it)?
 
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"More than a month ago, we covered the same topic here." - go back and read it again my posting, where I started by saying: "...like the is NBC the new TNT..."


WaldorfSalad >> Thanks for reminding me about that, while I was posting, I was pretty sure there was more crap from Fox, not only Fox 5 NY...
 
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Spacemaker, do you think it's ok all the clutter in the screen?
 
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Maybe by his screen name he works for the companies that do this?


A little OT but with the ratings tanking how much of that could be because on average, at least 2 - 3 shows you will start watching watch season get canned? I think we only started watching 3 new shows this year, down from like 8 from years past.
 
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Originally Posted by milehighmike /forum/post/12486283


Posted by agregjones:


I certainly don't have a cite, etc, but I seem to recollect that 20, 30 years ago, there was an FCC mandated limit on the number of minutes of commercials during primetime. Can anybody shed any light on this? Perhaps it's just an old wives tale in my mind??

As far as I know, the only limits on commercial time pertain to children's programming - and that applies to any time. There's also a certain number of PSA's that need to be run. However, other than that, the networks could pretty run commercials for the entire prime time if they wanted.
 
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Originally Posted by MWJones /forum/post/12486530


Don't get your hopes up, but dline posted to the HOTP thread yesterday that the FCC is meeting Tuesday, December 18th, and on the proposed agenda is sponsorship identification rules with regard to "embedded advertising"

All that means is that they're going to make the ads even more annoying because they'll have to tell us who paid for them.
 
#25 ·

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Originally Posted by MWJones /forum/post/12486530


Don't get your hopes up, but dline posted to the HOTP thread yesterday that the FCC is meeting Tuesday, December 18th, and on the proposed agenda is sponsorship identification rules with regard to "embedded advertising"

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...3#post12470413

In other words, they'll all argue for hours - then decide there aren't any real grounds to do anything...
 
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