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U.S. Logo-Free TV Broadcast Organizations?

Posted by Cliff on from the aren't-station-identification-breaks-enough dept.

iluvpr0n asks: "I ran across The UK Campaign for LOGO FREE TV and admired their goals for encouraging television broadcasters to stop taking up valuable screen space with their annoying and brightly-colored logos. It's not enough to be bombarded with 8 minutes of commercials during programs, but they also need to deface a supposedly artistic work (yes, for most of television that's highly debatable) to enhance their 'brand identity' initiatives. Is anyone aware of groups with this goal operating in the US (or other non-UK locations)?" Do we really need these things anymore? I'm sure most television viewers out there can associate shows to networks, these days.

3 of 485 comments (clear)

  1. Re:What's most annoying by JimTheta · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, we know you haven't associated shows with channels.

    Pop-up Video is a VH1 program.

    -Grant/JimTheta

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    My stupid web site
  2. Re:DOG.... woof by Erbo · · Score: 5, Funny
    I remember hearing the technical names for these logos are DOG.
    That may be true, but the usual industry term I've heard for them is "bug." Whether they call it that because it looks as garish as a squashed bug on the corner of the screen, or whether the logo bugs them, or whether they think it's a flaw in the television system that they have to put those things on screen (hence "bug"), I dunno.

    Eric

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    Be who you are...and be it in style!
  3. Corporate Bashing by scoove · · Score: 5, Funny

    I swear I am getter less sympathetic to corporations each day.

    Speaking of getting really annoying. Sorry to rant, but corporate bashing is just so nonunique and tiresome.

    I found myself doing the same with the cable company, the local newspaper monopoly, McDonalds (for lying about its fries - yea, I know, lame issue, but it pissed me off). Etc. I found I was whining about tons of stuff.

    So I fired them all. It really has to come down to that. Don't like the station IDs on the screen? Fire them. Yank the cable. That's your choice.

    Warning: Be prepared to be totally amused when you do this.

    Cable: I returned everything except the cable modem (I do have my limits). Apparently nobody ever does this. The guy at the counter thought I must have been shut off for not paying when I returned all the other junk. His announcement "but your account is fine" confirmed the suspicion. Oh, apparently they don't have a process for this either. After returning all the converter junk, I discovered I now have better cable for free than I got when I paid for it (HBO is unblocked now). Guess that cable modem needs a few more things live.

    Newspaper: Hell, they couldn't make three out of five successful deliveries. Fired them. Now I get every sunday (for the past two months) free and on time.

    Give it a shot. Don't like the service? Fire them. Don't rant. Don't threaten. Pull the trigger. You might actually discover you like it.

    Now if I could just fire the postal service...

    *scoove*