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I really dislike Channel 20 (DRAMA) because they take good TV programs
and add lots of adverts. They even advertise other parasitic channels.
I record anything worth watching and skip all the adverts.
"Mary Wolstenholme" <mary@easynn.com> wrote in message news:9dl0jh949s66nr8iqra30ro6m7jgnshbmm@4ax.com...
I really dislike Channel 20 (DRAMA) because they take good TV programs
and add lots of adverts. They even advertise other parasitic channels.
I record anything worth watching and skip all the adverts.
That's what I do with any programmes: record and strip out the
continuity and adverts.
Do Drama tend to show the whole of a programme, even if the added
adverts mean "one hour" programmes no longer start on each hour, or do
they cut programmes so they will still fit a 1-hour slot even with the
added adverts? I *much* prefer former since you get the whole programme: since I record rather than watching as it is broadcast, it doesn't
matter if the start and end times are not nice round numbers.
Drama is known to have trimmed nominal 30 minute episodes of "The Bill", presumably to allow an ad break within a 30 minute slot.
On 26/09/2022 01:40, JNugent wrote:
Drama is known to have trimmed nominal 30 minute episodes of "The
Bill", presumably to allow an ad break within a 30 minute slot.
The half-hour episodes of The Bill on ITV already had an ad break (their running time was 22 minutes), so not sure why they'd have had to do
anything special.
The half-hour episodes of The Bill on ITV already had an ad break (their
running time was 22 minutes), so not sure why they'd have had to do
anything special.
Nevertheless, early episodes have had sequences cut out.
JNugent <jenningsandco@mail.com> wrote:
The half-hour episodes of The Bill on ITV already had an ad break (their >>> running time was 22 minutes), so not sure why they'd have had to do
anything special.
Nevertheless, early episodes have had sequences cut out.
Because 8 minutes of ad time isn't enough. Commercial channels are running 10 or
11 minutes of non-programme time per 30 minute slot these days. And even with >that, it's common to see overlapping programmes with the credits of the previous
running in a window.
Sales go down with too many adverts. There are a lot of people who
only watch recordings so the ads can be skipped. Even then the
shortened programs can be a problem to many viewers. I have stopped
watching anything that has adverts.
On Sat, 15 Oct 2022 09:08:42 -0500, Arthur Conan Doyle
<dont@bother.com> wrote:
JNugent <jenningsandco@mail.com> wrote:
The half-hour episodes of The Bill on ITV already had an ad break (their >>>> running time was 22 minutes), so not sure why they'd have had to do
anything special.
Nevertheless, early episodes have had sequences cut out.
Because 8 minutes of ad time isn't enough. Commercial channels are running 10 or
11 minutes of non-programme time per 30 minute slot these days. And even with >>that, it's common to see overlapping programmes with the credits of the previous
running in a window.
Sales go down with too many adverts. There are a lot of people who
only watch recordings so the ads can be skipped. Even then the
shortened programs can be a problem to many viewers. I have stopped
watching anything that has adverts.
Steve
On Sat, 15 Oct 2022 15:31:16 +0100, Stephen Wolstenholme <steve@easynn.com> >wrote:
On Sat, 15 Oct 2022 09:08:42 -0500, Arthur Conan Doyle
<dont@bother.com> wrote:
JNugent <jenningsandco@mail.com> wrote:
The half-hour episodes of The Bill on ITV already had an ad break (their >>>>> running time was 22 minutes), so not sure why they'd have had to do >>>>> anything special.
Nevertheless, early episodes have had sequences cut out.
Because 8 minutes of ad time isn't enough. Commercial channels are running 10 or
11 minutes of non-programme time per 30 minute slot these days. And even with
that, it's common to see overlapping programmes with the credits of the previous
running in a window.
Sales go down with too many adverts. There are a lot of people who
only watch recordings so the ads can be skipped. Even then the
shortened programs can be a problem to many viewers. I have stopped >>watching anything that has adverts.
Steve
including BBC? It has lots of irritating adverts for its self.