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thebearII · RV-Dreams Family Member

Another Rant About Television

Technomadia · RV-Dreams Family Member

Actually.. the advertisers do realize that many are watching on DVR type devices, which is a big part of the change you're noting. Many marketing firms are investing in creating commercials that are still noticeable at those fastforwarded speeds. You have to pay attention to catch that quick inbetween programming :)

We have watched hardly any 'traditional' TV in the past many years. Instead of a cable or satellite bill, we instead purchase commercial-free content by buying TV shows we enjoy on BluRay disc, iTunes or rent/stream from Netflix (when we have unlimited internet access.)

- Cherie

Lucky Mike · RV-Dreams Family Member

business is business.........I hate commercials also , but if they didnt put all those commercials in the networks would find another way to make up the costs of free television......like Cable , satellite......the rates go up.

even when you stream or use a disc you will buy a commercial somewhere in the program.

I get almost all my tv from the antenna .........all others like streaming from the internet when available........I like commercials , they make me want to get up and do something else like read or just go out and finish all the honeydoo's I should have been doing instead of couch surfing......LOL

Bill and Linda · RV-Dreams Family Member

Well, here is the reason behind so many commercials, besides “business,” if you want the true skinny. (I have been in the business for almost 50 years and that’s why I know this stuff.)

Back prior to about 1970, or something like that, broadcasters had what was known as an “NAB Code.” (NAB for National Association of Broadcasters.) That code, which was voluntary, but almost everyone subscribed to it, limited voluntarily the number of commercials in a specific span of time and some of the more “intimate” products that would be advertised on “television.”

Well, it seems our dear “representatives” thought it was bad for an industry to “self-regulate” such things. Only the government should regulate. So the organization was not allowed to “enforce” the code as a part of membership in the NAB. After that – the flood gate was opened and we now have what we have.

Whether you agree or disagree with the “government” decision or not is not the point. That’s the beginning reason why we now have so many commercials.

Bill

TXRVr · RV-Dreams Family Member

Bill and Linda wrote:
Well, here is the reason behind so many commercials, besides “business,” if you want the true skinny. (I have been in the business for almost 50 years and that’s why I know this stuff.)
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Another annoyance is that all of the stations have conspired in an effort to put their commercials on at the same time. Normally, you cannot channel hop without finding another in progress commercial.

Some suit in the marketing department will finally figure out that the company can't outsmart the viewer no matter what and then we'll see a return to normalicy. In the mean time the Mute button takes care of that issue and I always have something I can do while three or four minutes of commercials stream across the screen. If one doesn't want to wait for the return to nomalicy, then take the time to write the Marketing Director of the programming company. The only way to get policy change is to bitch about it.

Racerguy · RV-Dreams Family Member

I very seldom watch anything real time.I DVR everything and buzz through the commercials.I can watch a 30 minute program in around 20 minutes.