Is anybody else fed up with TV companies?

Question

Whenever you watch some programmes(bbc news 24) you are losing a large part of your picture through large blocks of writing flashing accross the lower part of the screen.
It is not just the BBC that does this,and it is on the increase,in a number of cases,this is very off-putting and ruins the programme you are watching does anyone else have a problem with this.
I have asked the BBC why they do this and their reply was "to keep the public informed" then why do they not just tell us what is happening?

Answer 1

I agree with you entirely. I have also complained about the pop-ups, ticker-tape and breaking news splashes but also about their colour scheme of red/black, it blots out putting in golf, goals in football and other popular sporting events like F1, Moto GP etc.etc. I understand from BBC announcements recently that they are revamping their colour scheme so lets hope something better comes from that. By the way, don't ask them why they do it, tell them as a paying viewer you don't want it! I have calculated that we all lose up to 23% of our viewing area when these annoying splashes are on-screen so complain about that as well.

Answer 2

Yes the hyperactive graphics are annoying and they do spoil the programme. They were first put up by American news channels to make them look exciting -- as if loads of things are all going on at once. These days it's no longer a novelty, it just looks as if they're playing to those viewers who have chronic problems with attention-span.

Answer 3

I permit you understand what, you have not have been given a clue what actual television is like! you think of brit television is undesirable by way of commercials, attempt observing Spanihs television, its appalling! crammed with undesirable commercials, and intensely long breaks for them, 5 minutes is the norm! The programmes are rubbish too, each and every of the soaps are south american imports which make Crossroads appear like an oscar prevailing show! they are addictive at time,s for the sheer audacity that the networks extremely pay for them! confident, we haven't any television licence cost, in spite of if it shows! Its the commercials that pay for the extreme high quality television you're fortunate adequate to acquire!

Answer 4

One is absolutely frustrated at Beeb, they are a law onto themselves, why show the same news every 15 minutes, one can only imagine that the news is looped, like a broken record. It's too Americanized for us Brits.

Answer 5

It's called Americanization.

Answer 6

Any soap opera. I have witnessed some women who watch these crap programmes every day and night. They start at about 5.30pm on one channel , they flick through the channels , by the time they have finished getting their fill of this nonsense , it's 9.30pm and the cycle goes on and on , day after day , week after week , month after month etc etc. Are their lives that sad?. I hate ITV now.

Answer 7

i don't have time to sit through a 15 minute discussion on the price of butter, when i switch on to news 24 i like to see the headlines coming across.

Answer 8

I think they do it to allow themselves more time for fluff stuff and to show off their personalities. Notice how they all want to be your friend. I hate it when your program is on and they flash scenes for the next show, SciFi does that alot.

Answer 9

The BBC are a law unto themselves
They do not care what you think.

Answer 10

i am feed up with tv theres just to many adverts,i,ve packed sky in just have bbc,but even this can wind me up keep self advertising.