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adverts getting longer and longer on TV

  • 24-09-2010 7:59pm
    #1
    patwicklow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,937 ✭✭✭


    I dont know if its me or does any one else here find that the telly ads are getting longer in the program breaks TV3 is the worst i find they have programs on for an hour but if you take all ads away its only 25min worth
    SKY IS AS BAD FOR IT it spoils viewing.


Comments

  • #2
    strokemyclover
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,198 ✭✭✭strokemyclover


    It's all a grand conspiracy to cater to the habits of smokers!


  • #3
    Yakult
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 7,941 Mod ✭✭✭✭Yakult


    i ****ing hate adverts with a passion. Nearly more time watching them than the show and 90% of them are retarded and head wrecking.


  • #4
    KeithM89_old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,806 ✭✭✭✭KeithM89_old


    Iv seen movies shorter than that bloody Halo Reach ad :mad:


  • #5
    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 85,042 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    http://consumerist.com/2010/09/spike-tv-home-of-the-10-minute-commercial-breaks.html

    Here are the ingredients of one 10-minute ad break during an Aug. 27 airing of Entourage:

    “
    Spike started off with a promo for its UFC programming, then ran spots for DirecTV; Unilever's Axe shampoo; B.F. Goodrich; Schering-Plough's Zegerid OTC; Jack Link's beef jerky; VF Corp.'s Lee Jeans; Screen Gems' latest "Resident Evil" movie; AT&T; Miller Lite beer; and Progressive Insurance.

    But wait, there's more: Ads also ran during the break for PepsiCo's Mtn Dew soda; Pep Boys; Trojan condoms; Outback Steakhouse; Mobil motor oil; Sony Corp.'s Vaio laptop; Diageo's Captain Morgan Lime Bite rum; Kraft Foods' Dentyne gum; a DVD for the FX program "Sons of Anarchy"; and UFC action figures. The break was then garnished with what appeared to be two ads from local cable operators.
    ”


  • #6
    patwicklow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,937 ✭✭✭patwicklow


    yes all the ads are crap and never will understand why folk buy the products.
    that go compare ad it nearly makes me trow the telly out the window and the noise level goes tru the roof as well when they come on be great if some one could come up with an ad zapper.


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  • #7
    johnn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,772 ✭✭✭johnn


    The ads must be getting aroused


  • #8
    Rebelheart
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,077 ✭✭✭Rebelheart


    patwicklow wrote: »
    I dont know if its me or does any one else here find that the telly ads are getting longer in the program breaks TV3 is the worst i find they have programs on for an hour but if you take all ads away its only 25min worth
    SKY IS AS BAD FOR IT it spoils viewing.

    TV is, like, so 1980s, like.

    And TV3 and SKY are just for shallow undereducated sorts who find soccer and all its commercially-motivated shenanigans to be interesting. Incomprehensible, utterly incomprehensible.

    If I ever watch TV nowadays it's for documentaries on TG4, current affairs on RTÉ or educational programmes on National Geographic. I last watched TV about three months ago.


  • #9
    Slunk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,556 ✭✭✭Slunk


    I hate ads but what I really hate is why are so many ads dressing grown men up as old women. WTF? Who finds this funny? Retards


  • #10
    mikom
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,391 ✭✭✭✭mikom


    patwicklow wrote: »
    I dont know if its me or does any one else here find that the telly ads are getting longer in the program breaks TV3 is the worst i find they have programs on for an hour but if you take all ads away its only 25min worth
    SKY IS AS BAD FOR IT it spoils viewing.

    I love the ad for sky +.


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