I pay a fairly high monthly price to have telivision programming, as well as "High-speed internet" brought into my home. While watching a movie tonight - continually interrupted by advertisements, I noticed thay also added a continuous "ticker-tape" to the bottom of the screen with scrolling ads... This has gone too far! Why must we pay to watch adverts? It costs nearly $75 for Cable TV!!! Shouldn't we be able to choose the level of advertising we're willing to accept? Same with internet.... I try to watch a streaming video I'm interested in seeing - but I must watch an advert first - to get the content I want... and I'm paying $50 a month to put up with it!!!
2006-12-29 14:00:59 · 4 answers · asked by RscuRngr 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television
We (the public), would be much smarter.
2006-12-29 15:10:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Back in the fifties, there were all these advertising banners on game shows and the like, which by 1964 or 1965 were eliminated. Some statute that required a separation between entertainment content and sponsor messages. This appears to have been relaxed within the past several years, and I agree, it gets ridiculous sometimes with tickers, announcements of other programs, etc. Unfortunately, if it's a program that you like, you don't have much choice.
2006-12-29 14:43:56 · answer #2 · answered by trentrockport 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you could,there wouldnt be any!
2006-12-29 14:08:23 · answer #3 · answered by 4 strings 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Infuriating isn't it!!
2006-12-29 14:09:36 · answer #4 · answered by Ann 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋