Channel 4 rapped over 'Lost' ad breaks

lostexpectation

Ofcom has upheld 23 complaints over the frequency of ad breaks during Channel 4's Lost.

Viewers had complained that the breaks were too close together and lasted too long, and that the programme often began early and finished late.

reducing the amount of new editorial material for each episode to only around 36 minutes

-as appossed to an 65mins is it?

i didn't think c4 went too mad with advertising but I don't know how they can stick programs in the US, where your half hour slot show is only 20 mins long??? I never understood the 1 minutes sections they have in oprah when before they go on another break?

thank god for those cousins skipping the breaks

qz

A Lost epsiode is around 42 minutes long.

sprinkles

The worst thing aout american ads is that at the end of a show, say friends, the very end of the episode, ie the last minute, usually after the credits is actually tagged onto the start of the new show so there is no ad beween shows, instead there is an ad before that 1 minute finale so if you want to see the whole program you have to wait through another ad break. Horrible. Don't know how they stick it.

mickymg2003

Yep but you'd get used to it eventually or just watch HBO which doesnt bombard you with ad's.

mad m

Simple its how they get revenue....Dont like ad's myself and Id say in future over here it will eventually get like our american counterparts.

mickymg2003

And it will happen slowly so we wont notice it. Until one day the shows are a break from the ads.

OFDM

sprinkles wrote:

The worst thing aout american ads is that at the end of a show, say friends, the very end of the episode, ie the last minute, usually after the credits is actually tagged onto the start of the new show so there is no ad beween shows, instead there is an ad before that 1 minute finale so if you want to see the whole program you have to wait through another ad break. Horrible. Don't know how they stick it.

Epilogue. All american shows still follow the old Act I, Act II, Act III, Act IV, Epilogue structure.

penguinbloke

OFDM wrote:

Epilogue. All american shows still follow the old Act I, Act II, Act III, Act IV, Epilogue structure.

Just like Barnaby Jones...

actually, that explains a lot, cheers.

Cactus Col

I don't think that'll be happening here anytime soon, I assume that in the states the simpsons last thirty minutes with ads, just as it does here. So we get all our ads done in one block, while over there, the ads are spread over a few breaks. This isn't a new thing, it's been going on for years, so I doubt the channels over here are gonna change.

jor el

penguinbloke wrote:

Just like Barnaby Jones...

Or The Streets of San Francisco. Ah the memories :v:

I guess it's better here the way the ads come in large chunks, rather than many, many, many small chunks. You've gotta love ad-free TV though

qz

jor el wrote:

Or The Streets of San Francisco. Ah the memories :v:

I guess it's better here the way the ads come in large chunks, rather than many, many, many small chunks. You've gotta love ad-free TV though

Yes, BBC is a Godsend!

Sangre

Its because it goes straight into the next show without an ad so you see the start of that show and stick around.
Works well enough and isn't as annoying as you'd think.

Franky Boy

qz wrote:

Yes, BBC is a Godsend!

BBC are brining in ads.
Don't be too loyal.

qz

Franky Boy wrote:

BBC are brining in ads.

When?

Don't be too loyal.

What?!

Franky Boy

Not sure when but should be soon.
By loyal I mean giving them credit.They are brining in ads therefore there is no point in rating them higher than any other station.

qz

Where did you hear that they were bringing in ads anyway?

And I was joking about "BBC being a Godsend". I was referring to torrents in general, and their lack of ads.

Franky Boy

qz wrote:

I was referring to torrents in general, and their lack of ads.

Too true!

Mossy Monk

Franky Boy wrote:

BBC are brining in ads.
Don't be too loyal.

with the license fee over there they are not allowed advertising. where did you hear that ads are on the way?