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)."

Comments

One more reason...

[talks_to_birds]

...not to watch television.

I mean, get real.

There's nothing on, anyway.

Who cares?

t_t_b

Solution

[exploder]

Just don't watch TV. I'm not trying to be a pretentious bastard like this guy (Area Man Constantly Mentioning He Doesn't Own A Television), I just want to stand up and say "hey, I did it, and it didn't kill me...in fact, it's rather nice." I got rid of it 3 months back and I don't miss it. I miss it even less when I read stories like this.