Just going back on what I was saying about the adverts on ITV's F1 coverage. I was watching the champions league match the other day between Liverpool and Arsenal and noticed that through the first and second half they didn't have one advert, only in half time and after the match ended. So, thats 45 minutes without adverts where as they have adverts every 15 minutes on their F1 coverage. Why is this?
Why would they want to do that, I was just on about have they don't get no adverts through when they are playing football, so why should F1 have adverts through when they are racing.
Oh I see, at least we will get rid of the adverts when F1 returns to BBC next year.
What he means is that they CAN'T break in the middle of an F1 race, like they can in a football match. Unless you want to bunch all the advertising in to one go, and miss the entire race between the first pitstop and the 2nd pitstop on a 2stopper? It's not difficult to figure out, really.
Shows how little you understand or comprehend about commercial TV, or the habits of those that watch TV - advert breaks are more likely to be watched than adverts between programmes.
I know they need to advertise, but quite frankly I can't stand adverts, especially when watching films and sometimes when the ad's come on it seems to cut some of the film off when the ad's have finished.
Your saying you don't mind the ad's. I think it's annoying through programs and film. I don't mind them after the program/film has finished but not between.
I haven't said I don't mind the ads. Of course I do. But I know why they are there, and I know how to tolerate them. And it's MEANT to be annoying - if they put the adverts between programmes (note: two ms and an e) then people wouldn't watch them, but go and make tea. They are more likely to stay in front of the TV during intra-programme breaks.
Errr... no he didn´t. He said that people are more likely to watch ads when they´re in the middle of a program. The more people that watch the ads, the more money advertisers pay to the TV broadcaster.
A bit off topic but the two major commercial televisions in Estonia seem to make ad breaks at exactly the same time. Maybe they have some sort of evil agreement to prevent people from switching channels during ad breaks. Or maybe I´m just paranoid.
Noone(almost noone, there´s bound to be some weirdos) likes the ads but that´s where they get their money so we´ll have to live with it.
isnt that a unique problem for british broadcasters?
also maybe the broadcasters could make more money on deals with tea companies than they do with the current ads