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OT Indy 500, Commercials |
Elliot Cannon |
May 29 2011, 02:00 PM
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914 Guru Group: Retired Members Posts: 8,487 Joined: 29-December 06 From: Paso Robles Ca. (Central coast) Member No.: 7,407 Region Association: None |
I was watching a bunch of commecials on TV today and in between, they showed a few minutes of the Indy 500. Am I the only one disgusted with TV nowadays. I thought coverage of the race was horrible. Five commercials in a row and when they came back they spent 30 seconds promoting future shows. Brent Mussberger should retire. His interview with the 96 year old Son of the first 500 winner was a waste of time. At least I had the Sunday paper to read. I pay $100 a month for this sattelite dish BS and I STILL have to suffer through commercials. I live in a valley but I think I might run some co-ax cable up the hill behind my place and erect a really high antena. OK rant over. Time for a nap.
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scotty b |
May 29 2011, 03:35 PM
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rust free you say ? Group: Members Posts: 16,375 Joined: 7-January 05 From: richmond, Va. Member No.: 3,419 Region Association: None |
Am I the only one disgusted with TV nowadays. NO. Now youtube is loaded with commercials, and I am starting to get spam shit on my cell phone. No matter what we the citizens do to get away from it, they will find us and shove their crap down our throats<_< |
majkos |
May 29 2011, 04:27 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,370 Joined: 29-February 04 From: Mile High 914 Member No.: 1,729 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
Am I the only one disgusted with TV nowadays. NO. Now youtube is loaded with commercials, and I am starting to get spam shit on my cell phone. No matter what we the citizens do to get away from it, they will find us and shove their crap down our throats<_< (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) Yup and millions time LOUDER! my hearings aids has the POWER to deliver blowing my brain out (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif) commerical is over, back to the tube........ |
Ian Stott |
May 30 2011, 03:03 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 907 Joined: 28-January 08 From: Moncton/Canada Member No.: 8,635 Region Association: Canada |
Same thing here in Canada, but get this, they black out your ads and insert Canadian ones! I find I just end up watching 2 programs to get away frm the commercials, ssoner or later the marketing gurus will figure out we are doing that. Appreciate your rant, and I feel the same as you.
Ian Stott Moncton Canada |
scotty b |
May 30 2011, 08:46 AM
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rust free you say ? Group: Members Posts: 16,375 Joined: 7-January 05 From: richmond, Va. Member No.: 3,419 Region Association: None |
Well just to step it up a notch, I sat down last night to catch up on the last couple episodes of House using the " on demand " feature. Now FOX has gotten Comcast to disable the fast forward feature for their shows ( at least House ) so I couldn't fast forward through the fucking commercials when watching on demand shows (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif)
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Spoke |
May 30 2011, 08:47 AM
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Jerry Group: Members Posts: 6,978 Joined: 29-October 04 From: Allentown, PA Member No.: 3,031 Region Association: None |
DVR is the solution.
For any "live" event, seclude yourself from the outside world for a period of time proportional to the length of the event, then start watching and FF through the commercials. I do this for Steeler games. I start watching about 45 minutes into the game and FF through time between plays, timeouts, TV timeouts, commercials, half time. |
ewdysar |
May 30 2011, 09:25 AM
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What happens here, stays here. Group: Members Posts: 558 Joined: 29-October 04 From: Altadena, CA Member No.: 3,030 |
I absolutely agree, I hate the commercials that have become so obnoxious. However, I did work for Universal Studios, developing and supporting their TV Rights Licensing systems for a little more than 8 years. These are the systems that the studios use to sell their catalog content to TV broadcasters across the planet.
The problem is how to monetize your productions. The coverage at the Indy 500 cost whomever broadcast it millions of dollars in cameras, support teams and on-screen meat puppets. The options are to accept advertising or to charge the end-user (us) directly. I'm sure that you're all fmiliar with Pay Per View, Because charging for the content discourages most viewers, you've got to charge more to the ones that are willing to pay. You do that and a single 3 hour event will cost the end user $20-30. Many PPV events don't make as much from the broadcast fees as they plan for. But what about my cable bill? Doesn't that pay for content? Even the pay stations like HBO only get a couple of bucks per subscriber per month. They've got to put 720 hours (30 days x 24hrs) of content on the air. Even with tens of millions of subscribers, the total money is only enough to carry a handfull of new content. A regular cable network like USA or TNT has to do the same thing with just a few cents per customer per month. We have grown accustomed the major networks being "free". Any time a network tries to collect any money from the distribution side of things, like charging your cable company to carry their signal, they are met with incredible resistance. "Free" TV has become a right, not a priveledge. Luckily, big companies are willing to spend ridiculous amunts of money to put their 30 seconds of LOUD propaganda in the middle of the shows that you like to watch. It's a pain for us, but without it, we would get no show. The TV industry is actually struggling as more viewers are going towards the 'net. Some of those distruibution channels don't provide any money back to the content's producers, or if they do, the money is greatly reduced. That will only lead to inferior product. Hopefully, they will figure the whole thing out, because the demand for varied content is only going up. It will get made only if there is a reasonable return on the production investment. So while I hate the commercials as much as the rest of you, they are a neccessary evil. And I use my DVR to skip them when I can. So I advise you to figure out a way to live them, because it seriously beats the alternatives. |
Elliot Cannon |
May 30 2011, 06:00 PM
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914 Guru Group: Retired Members Posts: 8,487 Joined: 29-December 06 From: Paso Robles Ca. (Central coast) Member No.: 7,407 Region Association: None |
I absolutely agree, I hate the commercials that have become so obnoxious. However, I did work for Universal Studios, developing and supporting their TV Rights Licensing systems for a little more than 8 years. These are the systems that the studios use to sell their catalog content to TV broadcasters across the planet. The problem is how to monetize your productions. The coverage at the Indy 500 cost whomever broadcast it millions of dollars in cameras, support teams and on-screen meat puppets. The options are to accept advertising or to charge the end-user (us) directly. I'm sure that you're all fmiliar with Pay Per View, Because charging for the content discourages most viewers, you've got to charge more to the ones that are willing to pay. You do that and a single 3 hour event will cost the end user $20-30. Many PPV events don't make as much from the broadcast fees as they plan for. But what about my cable bill? Doesn't that pay for content? Even the pay stations like HBO only get a couple of bucks per subscriber per month. They've got to put 720 hours (30 days x 24hrs) of content on the air. Even with tens of millions of subscribers, the total money is only enough to carry a handfull of new content. A regular cable network like USA or TNT has to do the same thing with just a few cents per customer per month. We have grown accustomed the major networks being "free". Any time a network tries to collect any money from the distribution side of things, like charging your cable company to carry their signal, they are met with incredible resistance. "Free" TV has become a right, not a priveledge. Luckily, big companies are willing to spend ridiculous amunts of money to put their 30 seconds of LOUD propaganda in the middle of the shows that you like to watch. It's a pain for us, but without it, we would get no show. The TV industry is actually struggling as more viewers are going towards the 'net. Some of those distruibution channels don't provide any money back to the content's producers, or if they do, the money is greatly reduced. That will only lead to inferior product. Hopefully, they will figure the whole thing out, because the demand for varied content is only going up. It will get made only if there is a reasonable return on the production investment. So while I hate the commercials as much as the rest of you, they are a neccessary evil. And I use my DVR to skip them when I can. So I advise you to figure out a way to live them, because it seriously beats the alternatives. The alternative is not watching. Which is getting easier and easier to do. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif) |
scotty |
May 30 2011, 06:42 PM
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The Fun Never Stops Group: Members Posts: 773 Joined: 20-May 03 From: Portland. Oregon (SW) Member No.: 718 Region Association: None |
TiVo.
I hate "Product Placement" more, especially in movies. |
wertygrog |
May 30 2011, 08:15 PM
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wertygrog Group: Members Posts: 428 Joined: 12-November 05 From: Long Beach, CA Member No.: 5,114 Region Association: Southern California |
I haven't turned on the TV in years. It's a waste of time! Try going a few days or a week without watching TV.
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sixnotfour |
May 30 2011, 09:29 PM
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914 Wizard Group: Members Posts: 10,432 Joined: 12-September 04 From: Life Elevated..planet UT. Member No.: 2,744 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
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SLITS |
May 31 2011, 07:08 AM
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"This Utah shit is HARSH!" Group: Benefactors Posts: 13,602 Joined: 22-February 04 From: SoCal Mountains ... Member No.: 1,696 Region Association: None |
not indy but; http://www.youtube.com/user/bretgin#p/a/u/1/oCIL0Lt7z84 and http://www.youtube.com/user/bretgin#p/a/u/0/HHo6I7iM8Ng Way Cool Jeff .... way cool |
zymurgist |
May 31 2011, 08:44 AM
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"Ace" Mechanic Group: Members Posts: 7,411 Joined: 9-June 05 From: Hagerstown, MD Member No.: 4,238 Region Association: None |
I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it any more!
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mojorisen914 |
May 31 2011, 09:48 AM
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Visit your local strip club Group: Members Posts: 695 Joined: 9-July 06 From: Denver Colorado Member No.: 6,403 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
I need me some of that Super Shell.
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euro911 |
May 31 2011, 10:32 AM
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Retired & living the dream. God help me if I wake up! Group: Members Posts: 8,849 Joined: 2-December 06 From: So.Cal. & No.AZ (USA) Member No.: 7,300 Region Association: Southern California |
I don't watch TV nearly as much as I used to. We've subscribed to a satellite TV company for a long time, but over the years, they've changed the programming, took away channels we used to get, and constantly broadcast re-runs on the channels we still do get. I'm tired of paying for channels we don't want as well: BET, all the foreign language channels, etc. ...
Not only do the commercials imbedded in the regular programming suck (10~15 minutes of commercials for every 5 minutes of the 'show'), but their audio engineering staffs appear to be on constant coffee break - commercials are either too loud, or at ultra low levels. After a certain time at night, even the channels that did contain decent programs switch over to 'paid advertising' (info-mercials). It's ridiculous what we pay them for what we get in return. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/slap.gif) |
jimtab |
May 31 2011, 11:17 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,477 Joined: 5-January 03 From: Pacifica, California Member No.: 91 Region Association: Northern California |
Agree....the other day I timed the actual content of the morning news on channel 4 in SF....in one hour they delivered just over 33 minutes of live feed....and even then they were doing promos for "upcoming stories" BS I say.........
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kart54 |
May 31 2011, 11:33 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 544 Joined: 27-January 05 From: Ventura, California Member No.: 3,520 |
well, looking at the post above it looks like like the numbers may have changed a little.
10 years ago I worked in film and tv. A 1/2 hour tv show then was 22 minutes and a one hour show was 40 minutes. The optimum for a movie was 1 hour 42 minutes so that it could go on tv as either a 2 hour or 2 and a half hour show. I still video tape every race I watch and then fast forward though the commercials. With the boring parts cut out I can watch a 3 hour NASCAR race in just slightly over one hour. I agree that DVR, video tape or some other means of editing is the only way to go. When TV is gone, which I think will be in the not to distant future, most of us won't miss it. If its really about running programming 24/7 then maybe the stations need to go back to the old ways and just go off the air for ten or twelve hours at night like they used to. Kart54 Kart54 |
euro911 |
Jun 1 2011, 05:45 PM
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Retired & living the dream. God help me if I wake up! Group: Members Posts: 8,849 Joined: 2-December 06 From: So.Cal. & No.AZ (USA) Member No.: 7,300 Region Association: Southern California |
... and I'm still pissed about all the little analog pocket TV's we have (we used to have one in the glove box of every vehicle and then some) that are now useless. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)
I bought a small 7" digital TV last year to carry around. Yes, there are more channels to watch now, but the pix suck (pixelate) and for the most part, the audio sucks (the Max Headrom effect and out of sync) when you move around. The old analog TV's worked pretty good, even in a moving car (with a good antenna). |
Elliot Cannon |
Jun 1 2011, 06:35 PM
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914 Guru Group: Retired Members Posts: 8,487 Joined: 29-December 06 From: Paso Robles Ca. (Central coast) Member No.: 7,407 Region Association: None |
... and I'm still pissed about all the little analog pocket TV's we have (we used to have one in the glove box of every vehicle and then some) that are now useless. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) I bought a small 7" digital TV last year to carry around. Yes, there are more channels to watch now, but the pix suck (pixelate) and for the most part, the audio sucks (the Max Headrom effect and out of sync) when you move around. The old analog TV's worked pretty good, even in a moving car (with a good antenna). (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif) are you doing watching TV while driving?? |
majkos |
Jun 1 2011, 08:30 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,370 Joined: 29-February 04 From: Mile High 914 Member No.: 1,729 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
... and I'm still pissed about all the little analog pocket TV's we have (we used to have one in the glove box of every vehicle and then some) that are now useless. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) I bought a small 7" digital TV last year to carry around. Yes, there are more channels to watch now, but the pix suck (pixelate) and for the most part, the audio sucks (the Max Headrom effect and out of sync) when you move around. The old analog TV's worked pretty good, even in a moving car (with a good antenna). (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif) are you doing watching TV while driving?? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif) now i gotta clean my moniter of dinner Touche' L ee it! |
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