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   intrusive commercials

   

   Bret McDanel, Jul 15th, 2005 @ 2:20pm

   
   

   If you think they are intrusive now, wait for more studios to do what TBS or whomever it is does. They put the commercial in the bottom of the screen, sometimes 1/3 of the screen *during* the show so you cant skip it. This will become more and more common if the execs feel they arent getting revenue from regular ads.
   
   In all fairness I have only seen one product advertised (UPS) during a show like that, normally its advertisements for other shows on the same station, so they dont waste normal commercial time (thus enabling them to sell more commercials).
   

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   Re: intrusive commercials

   

   Toss The Tube, Jul 15th, 2005 @ 7:03pm

   
   

   TBS has always been annoying. Between the butchering of movies and the constant commercials, they rapidly fell from must-see to never-see.
   
   I gave up on TV almost 3 months ago. Now, I watch maybe, 3hrs a week. Just snippets of local news. Best decision I ever made. Life is too short to be watching TV. Might return in the fall when new shows start -- then again -- Might not.
   

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   marketing industry is lame

   

   david, Jul 16th, 2005 @ 8:03am

   
   

   The people who make commericals, and do advertising fail to realize, that the more in your face they are , more we are apt to turn them off. I remenber the good old days of commericals. I remenber as a teen, waiting for the chanel number 5 commerical. I do watch the geico commericals as well.

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