 funchordsHelloPremium,MVM
join:2001-03-11
Yarmouth Port, MA
kudos:5 | ONE of every THREE minutes is commercial Currently, commercials have encroached on programming such that an average of ONE in every THREE minutes is commercial. It used to be ONE in SIX.
Hollywood, who is so worried about the integrity of their art, is happy to hack away at scripts and reruns to fit into less and less time. Some old shows and most current shows have lost that distinctly unique 'theme song' in favor of a commercial.
More than anything, this drives me away from broadcast TV. Online TV hasn't caught the madness to the same degree (but it probably will).
To survive, Hollywood needs to be careful not to kill the goose laying their golden eggs.
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| said by funchords:commercials have encroached on programming such that an average of ONE in every THREE minutes is commercial. Good Point. I was hospitalized a year and a half ago. At that time was considering either upgrading our rooftop antenna or getting Cable or Sat. As noted ratio of program to commercial is horrendous. Even with time on my hands wound up doing much more reading then TV watching.
Decided to stay with OTA. Works well for us as does Netflix and to lesser extent Hula.
Legacy players need to come to terms with fact broadcasting and Cable TV were business models developed based on technology limitations. The Internet is in process of eliminating those limitation forcing business models to change.
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join:2000-07-19
Ashburn, VA | reply to funchords
said by funchords:To survive, Hollywood needs to be careful not to kill the goose laying their golden eggs. When you have TV stations, such as the USA Network back in 2000, holding meetings with advertisers asking them which types of shows to create and broadcast, television clearly is not the right medium to present your art. If your masterpiece is subjectively determined not to be able to sell and promote soda or fabric softener, look elsewhere.
Robert McChesney is the guru on media politics and has written some great books on the subject of mass media. |
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said by funchords:Currently, commercials have encroached on programming such that an average of ONE in every THREE minutes is commercial. It used to be ONE in SIX. That could mean we're getting closer to uncut episodes - a 30 minute show in a 1 hour timeslot... |
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