 baineschile2600 ways to livePremium
join:2008-05-10
Sterling Heights, MI
1 edit | I am a betting man And I am betting we will get more ads on TV WHILE watch the program..like how networks promote their own crap in the lower right corner of the screen.
Or maybe just 10 second commercials, more often? Who knows. |
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| Or they'll find some way to fool the ad detection technology.
Either way, Dish won't get away with this for very long, at least not until it's time to renew retransmission agreements. |
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 GlennAllenSunny with highs in the 80s
join:2002-11-17
Richmond, VA | Good Given that the "broadcast television ecosystem" has been "destroying the fundamental underpinnings" of our economy since the '50s, I guess it'll be a race to see who destroys whom first. |
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 pnh102Reptiles Are Cuddly And PrettyPremium
join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD | Lame When you pay for cable TV you pay for the commercials too. There's nothing morally wrong with skipping past the commercials you do not wish to watch.
I'd only sympathize with off-air programming which actually is paid for by commercials.
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Re: I am a betting man It means a greater reliance on product placement IN the tv show with cast almost doing a little mini live read for the product. |
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Re: Good Touché. |
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 jmn1207Premium
join:2000-07-19
Ashburn, VA
kudos:1 | Go Dish Consumers should welcome the destruction of the current television ecosystem. The prices are out of control and quality is degrading more and more.
My favorite TV entertainment, interestingly enough, does not include commercials.
I watch premium channel series like True Blood, Spartacus, Big C, Nurse Jackie, Boardwalk Empire, etc.
I also use Netflix to watch TV episodes without commercials. Some of these shows do not have the last 2-3 seasons available, but rather than keep up with these shows while they are still playing on the network channels with commercials each week, I've decided to watch other stuff until these are eventually made available to stream through Netflix.
Same situation with NFL RedZone. I find myself watching that over the local broadcast games, and I even start recording a sports event for about 30 minutes before I watch it, so that I can burn through the commercials until I finally catch up with the live showing near the end of the game/event.
Evidently, commercials are such an annoyance to me that I have altered my viewing habits to avoid them whenever possible. If they bug me too much, I'll do something else. |
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Re: I am a betting man You known "Uncle Paul", I really use Summer's Eve. It makes me feel cool and clean, like a summer's eve.
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 ChiyoSave Me Konata-ChanPremium
join:2003-02-20
Charlotte, NC
kudos:1 | Tivo So I don't know anything about the Hopper other than it can do ad detection to skip commercials. But they TV industry bitched and moaned about Tivo and DVRs and Tivo had a programmable 30 second skip function so instead of fast forwarding you could hit FF twice or whatever and be done with the commercials.
I don't understand why they are mad if someone is watching live TV they can't skip the commercials anyway so whats the difference between the hopper and the Tivo besides the end user needing to physically hit fast forward?
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Re: I am a betting man said by baineschile:like how networks promote their own crap in the lowe right corner of the screen.
Another one of the driving forces that caused me to cancel my cable subscription and start pirating my TV shows.
Around the time I stopped watching TV, it was becoming common for that ad in the bottom right to expand to fill up 1/4 of the screen during the middle of your TV show. It would play an ad for 10-15 seconds, then shrink back down to the bottom right of the screen.
As if 4 minute commercial breaks aren't enough, now you have to interrupt my show for an intrusive ad as well?
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| I've been voting with my wallet for a long time... Nobody seems to notice... |
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 vpokoPremium
join:2003-07-03
Boston, MA | reply to Uncle Paul
Speaking of which, I could really go for a Drake's Coffee Cake. |
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I know you do... Remember, I'm your special Uncle.
But could you imagine a male police officer getting into the squad car and the shot shows him picking it up from the arm rest where his female partner had just put down her daily stuff as they prepare to head out for the day..
Joe: Really Mary?
Mary: Yea Joe, I'm a female and I really use Summer's Eve. It makes me feel cool and clean, like a summer's eve.
Just keepin it classy people... keepin it classy. |
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GlennAllenSunny with highs in the 80s
join:2002-11-17
Richmond, VA | reply to Chiyo
Re: Tivo I guess it becomes harder for them to sell the delusion to advertisers that their money is actually buying them something. |
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Re: I am a betting man said by buzz_4_20:I've been voting with my wallet for a long time... Nobody seems to notice...
Oh, companies notice...and they pass the lost revenue off on the customers that are too stubborn to vote with their wallets. Eventually the prices will become too high for even those people justify keeping their service.
In theory anyways. Regardless if it will work or not, I am content saving my ever increasing amount of money every month for a service that is degrading more as time goes on. |
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 RARPSL
join:1999-12-08
Suffern, NY | reply to Uncle Paul
said by Uncle Paul:It means a greater reliance on product placement IN the tv show with cast almost doing a little mini live read for the product.
Or we go back 60 years to the era of live TV where the action stopped so the actors could deliver a commercial before the story resumed. |
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slckusrPremium
join:2003-03-17
Maumee, OH
kudos:1 | I wonder If these cable,advertising,lawyer executive types have a DVR in their household. |
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| I never watch I never watch the ads and shit anyways. |
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 LinklistPremium
join:2002-03-03
Longport, NJ
kudos:5 | reply to Uncle Paul
Re: I am a betting man said by Uncle Paul:It means a greater reliance on product placement IN the tv show with cast almost doing a little mini live read for the product.
If ad skipping becomes more prevalent, you are right, product placement within the show will happen. That also deals with piracy issues. You can't edit out ads when they are integrated to the shows storyline and dialog. |
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Actually for those that "leave" often they go to another company due to promotions. Cord cutting isn't as popular as many claim. Even Telco TV customer gains are high. Those leaving cable go else where. |
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