Originally posted by Shallow BlueWhoever said that I listen to the ads? I generaly lower the sound and go to another show that I want to see then go back to what I was watching. Why do they always have nothing on that I want to see then put two to three or more on that I want to see at the same time?
This is intentional. It also works, because people are cattle.
Stop grousing and swap channels, already.
Richard
Originally posted by gambit3The problem with switching channels is most of the channels have time slots for commercials so they all play them at the same times so you have to switch to an all movie channel or something like that so you don't see commercials.
Whoever said that I listen to the ads? I generaly lower the sound and go to another show that I want to see then go back to what I was watching. Why do they always have nothing on that I want to see then put two to three or more on that I want to see at the same time?
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Originally posted by gambit3For the same reason. It works. It means that you (or at least, 90% of the viewing public, which is quite enough for the advertisers) have to watch the adverts if they don't want to miss a second of their favourite soap/log-felling championship/Seagal b-movie/singing "competition". Which they don't, so they either don't switch at all, or switch carefully, which just means they see another ad.
Whoever said that I listen to the ads? I generaly lower the sound and go to another show that I want to see then go back to what I was watching. Why do they always have nothing on that I want to see then put two to three or more on that I want to see at the same time?
You may not like the ads; you may think that television makers want you to watch the programs, not the ads; you may think that they therefore would stagger the ads to lure viewers from the other channels; but in fact, they don't care whether you watch the programs. The programs don't pay their wages. The ads do. Realise this, and all television makes sense.
Richard