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Adverts on Christmas Day?

  • 25-12-2012 10:28pm
    #1
    machiavellianme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,850 ✭✭✭✭


    Just noticed that there are ads on rte today despite it being Christmas. I don't remember seeing any before except programme reminders but today there's Bulmers and esb ads. When did this start happening?


Comments

  • #2
    Max Power
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,072 ✭✭✭Max Power


    Anyone see that Renault Clio add featuring Alan Brogan and Ian Dempsey?

    Cringe!!


  • #3
    120_Minutes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,706 ✭✭✭120_Minutes


    There have always been ads on christmas day? unless they're taking breaks in movies for dead air?


  • #4
    Skid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,873 ✭✭✭Skid


    http://www.thestar.ie/star/recession-hit-station-rte-now-forced-to-run-ads-on-christmas-day/
    CASH-STRAPPED RTE will run TV ads on Christmas Day for the first time in a bid to raise badly-needed revenue.

    The national broadcaster, which has been hit hard by the recession, revealed it would run the festive slots on RTE One during Fair City and Mrs Brown’s Boys.

    RTE has never run ads on Christmas Day but its flagging finances have prompted Montrose bosses to change that tradition this year.

    The Feckers. I don't really care about the adverts, but RTE not showing adverts on Christmas Day was always a piece of Christmas trivia which most people didn't realise, that you could roll out when necessary.

    Now that is gone forever. Damn you RTE. Maybe the ghosts of Christmas past started to curse you with technical gremlins during the Sports Awards. Who knows what technical terrors await you in this Christmas week?
    You will reap what you have sown.


  • #5
    machiavellianme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,850 ✭✭✭✭machiavellianme


    Seems like nothing is sacred anymore


  • #6
    JONJO THE MISER
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 12,333 ✭✭✭✭JONJO THE MISER


    Cant believe this, that's one thing i always respected about RTE, no adds on xmas day was the way it always was.


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  • #7
    Rasheed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,117 ✭✭✭Rasheed


    FionnMcCool87 wrote: »
    Anyone see that Renault Clio add featuring Alan Brogan and Ian Dempsey?

    Cringe!!
    Oh Jesus, I never seen anything like it. What the fcuk were they thinking doing that ad? Lost a bit of respect for them!


  • #8
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 84,705 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
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    I have to say I never noticed a lack of ads on RTE for Christmas Day.


  • #9
    hdowney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,921 ✭✭✭✭hdowney


    I was qwer peeved when I copped the ads on Christmas Day on RTE. One thing I always liked was you could record a film on Christmas Day and not worry about the bleedin adverts interspersed through it :(


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