They put ads on tv DURING the show itself now??

[dixiegrrrrl]

Here's the thing...
I hate ads. I don't see them on my puter because I block them.
One of the glories of not having a tv is freedom from ads.

however, today I was watching a tv program that someone lent to me, and besides having little screen pop ups telling of other shows coming on, a popup appeared along the bottom of the screen advertised Samsung tablet..
while the program itself was running.

I had no idea they were running ads during the actual programs.
how long have they been doing that?
And why do people accept it?

Truly perplexed.

[bigwillq]

1. I've never seen this before (nt)

[HFRN]

2. it's a reaction to DVR's zapping commercials

which is too bad for people who dont have a DVR and dont zap commercials, because they get even more

[Xyzse]

3. They do this on youtube.

I'll be upset if they do this to me in Xfinity, Netflix, VuDu, or Amazon.
I pay for those services.

[arcane1]

4. I've never seen it, but I'm not surprised one bit.

Hell, they write ads into the PLOT sometimes!

They'll soon have our screens looking like this:

[Whiskeytide]

11. Man I love that movie. n/t

[HooptieWagon]

5. As long as they have an audience...

...they'll keep finding ways to chase them away. TV is crap.

[olddots]

6. I think life is an ad for a different life

We are constantly told how our lives are missing a product that will make us happy when we would be happier left to our own devices .

[Spazito]

7. Advertisers are like hackers...

The more tools we have to avoid their ads, the greater their focus on going around, hacking, them. I call them Hackvertisers, Hackvertising.

[tymorial]

8. Honestly this isn't surprising.

People who purchase a subscription to Hulu Plus already pay to watch commercials. Its only a matter of time until Amazon and Netflix follow suit. Television will eventually be replaced by internet delivery and the day that happens, the ability to skip past commercials will be over. If the media providers in this country could get away with implementing technology to prevent you from fast forwarding past commercials, they would absolutely do so in a nanosecond. The internet has made people accustomed to sitting through a few seconds of ads. On Hulu first it was 10 seconds, then 15, then 30. They are just getting longer and longer. The 6 corporations that own 90% of all media providers in this country will continue to do whatever they can to generate revenue. It will only end if the American people unite but we are too divided politically to get together and fight an issue that most people actually agree upon.

[Auggie]

12. Realize that content providers are in the advertising business, not entertainment business

Content is merely the vehicle used to sell adverstising. You are right that providers would run nothing but ads 24/7 if people would watch them.

Back when I was studying the TV business the FCC regulated how much non-content material (advertising/station IDs) could run on broadcast channels per hour. 40 years ago it was 16 minutes per hour. The rules certainly seem different today, even more so for cable and streaming if they even exist at all.

[tymorial]

14. Oh I know.

The Hulu Plus advertising chaps my ass but otherwise I accept that entertainment and commercials are a reality. Complaining about free entertainment that contains advertising is greedy (to a point). What truly upsets and infuriates me is how the news media in this country behaves when it comes to advertising. The internet is a wonderful thing. It allows us to communicate and share information we could never imagine just a short time ago. It also allows predatory behavior that exists for no other reason than to generate revenue. The click bait articles are everywhere. Repeat stories with nothing new to offer are rehashed with enticing headlines to get people to click. Every page hit increases revenue because ads are seen, even if not clicked. Webpages hide actual content behind ads in the hope that you will make a mistake and click on an ad instead of an article. The worst behavior is the obvious sensationalism that exists to cause readers/viewers to engage in a news gathering feeding frenzy or comment frenzy. Yahoo is the biggest offender of this in my opinion. Their comment section combined with sensationalism exists to cause flame wars which manipulate users to keep going back to get the last word. I'm completely disgusted by the behavior of the news media in this country. They exploit tragedy and scandal all in the name of one upmanship and greed. It is why I largely receive my news from public radio and public television.

[Auggie]

15. I like my news from D.U. Bullshit is (usually) quickly dispensed. And no ads for STAR donors!

[Auggie]

9. Software exists that makes you answer questions about the ad before the program resumes ...

I haven't seen it implemented yet though.

What you mention is just as heinous. Broadcast TV/Cable TV/Free Streaming is nearly unwatchable in realtime. We DVR everything from Comcast.

[Kelvin Mace]

10. Yep.

'fraid that is the thing now. Along with ads masquerading as news stories being run on Yahoo!, Salon.com and soon, CNN.

[Hoyt]

13. You can pay extra for HBO, etc., and get few ads. Or, play their game. What really ticks me off

are the internet popups that hide, or move, the little X to get rid of it.

[dixiegrrrrl]

18. Amazon Fire comes with ads!

You apparently have to pay extra to get the no ad version.

[daredtowork]

16. I saw an ad inside a show itself!

Many cable tv shows seem to use alternative funding models. A couple of years ago my housemate was watching Rizzoli & Isles (sp?), and the show literally paused while one of the lead characters made a big deal over what product she was using. She was looking straight into the camera and holding up the product - I forgot what it was. You could see the actress loathed what she was doing.

[GeorgeGist]

17. Jimmy Fallon's forever pimping something.

[Art_from_Ark]

23. They did that on early '60s TV, too

For example, sometimes on The Beverly Hillbillies, Jethro would be shown eating a bowl of Kellogg's Corn Flakes ("Kellogg's of Battle Creek" was one of the show's sponsors). On the "Dick van Dyke Show", Dick and Mary were sometimes shown plugging some cigarette brand. And the cartoon show "Linus the Lionhearted" (one of my favorites), was actually one big commercial for Crispy Critters, Rice Krinkles, Sugar Crisp, and Post Alpha-Bits.

[Logical]

19. You realize ads pay for the stuff you watch? Feel free to start a TV network with no ads. Good luck

[dixiegrrrrl]

20. BBC tv has no ads....

they have a different funding system.

[Logical]

22. They pay for it in fees. How do you expect TV shows on free TV to fund themselves?? nt

[BumRushDaShow]

21. Turner's stations

notably TBS & TNT were doing this for at the past 10 years as was CW. It's as annoying as the damn blinking, wobbling, bouncing, scrolling flash ads that littered websites for years, where adblock saved my day.

I have seen ads appear as a scrolling ticker at the bottom or as a cutout still of a character from some other show that suddenly pops up from the bottom of the screen to obscure part of the current program while a ticker at the bottom provides the other show's name and schedule. Another way they slide them in is at the end of a show where they will split the screen while the current show's credits are running and will promo the other show on the other half of the split. So if you were trying to see who played what, you were SOL because the font was microscopic (even on a big screen TV). I have pretty much stopped watching TV altogether.

"Idiocracy" had it right almost 10 years ago -

[dixiegrrrrl]

24. Seriously a big factor of cutting the cord for me.

That show I happened to be watching was supposed to be a 60 minute show.
Actual run time was 41.00.
Ads took the rest.
Ad breaks I can understand, but ruining the mood of the show by all the blinking moving banners and station IDs and "coming up next", and now printed ad banners....while the show is in progress....really is beyond the pale.