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Pop-up Ads Coming to A TV Near You
Muddie writes "The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is reporting that television execs and advertising agencies think product placement and the 30 second commercial spot are not getting the respect they deserves from us consumers, so in order to combat us ignoring them, there will be pop-up ads taking up the lower quarter of your screen during normal programming. Not only that, but the ads will run during relevant portions of the programming (see a guy shaving in the mirror, get a pop-up ad from a razor company). Do "They" think we just don't see enough advertising in a day? If you aren't busy throwing things through your television yet, you can read the article over here (with no pop-up ads)."
Just imagine what this is going to do to the Playboy Channel and Spice TV....
Not to sound elitist, but I'm glad I've cured myself of the TV addiction. I watch 10 hours per year, tops.
Now, if they start inserting pop-up ads in video games, I'm screwed.
(Product placement in video games is bad, but I can tolerate it. Actual ads are a different story ENTIRELY).
I actually have to find something constructive to do with my time instead of wasting the next 5 hours watching sitcoms
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Toronto-area transit rider? Rate your ride.
oil during Bush speeches
plastic surgery during Cher videos
flying lessons during reruns of 9-11 shots
See it from the bright side. This could make way for some excellent political and satirical commentary.
Oh, in case you're wondering: I'm not being serious.
"If you think education is expensive, try ignorance" - Derek Bok
With the Cartoon Network starting their "Adult Swim" bloc of animation, I was hoping that maybe the WB and MGM cartoons that CN has on its "banned list" might resurface. Unfortunately CN doesn't have the cojones to do it. So nobody gets to see amazing cartoons like "Coal Black And De Sebben Dwarves", "Tin Pan Alley Cats" and "Blitz Wolf" because they're not politically correct.
Some Bugs Bunny cartoons like "Bugs Bunny Nips The Nips" and "All This And Rabbit Stew" are on the "banned list" which meant that in 2000, when the pre-1948 WB cartoons and the 1948-on WB cartoons were "reunited" as AOL Time Warner properties, they couldn't air all the Bugs Bunny cartoons on June Bugs like they originally wanted to.
This crap also goes on with newer cartoons too. The incredibly good animated series "Daria" finished its run on MTV this year, and is now being aired on "The N" which is what Noggin calls itself after 5pm.
Now, Noggin is a joint partnership between MTV Networks' Nickelodeon channel and the Childrens' Television Workshop, best known for Sesame Street. This means that a lot of stuff gets cut from "Daria". So much so that some episodes get turned into meaningless mush after the schoolmarm censors get done with it. There are also episodes that will not air on The N.
At least I have my tapes of the episodes as they originally aired. [sigh]
I hate censorship.
Knowledge is power. Knowledge shared is power multiplied.
Just how much did Costco pay you to write this?