● TBS and their annoying interstitial commericials
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TBS pause advertisements
TBS has started pausing TV shows right in the middle of the action to play mini-advertisements. Do not want.
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● TBS and their annoying interstitial commericials
Sort by kottke (Free subscription) - 06/04/2008
Last night I was watching a rerun of Family Guy on TBS and right before the show went to commercial, this happened: See what they did there? They paused the TV show, ran a little mini-commercial for some show that no one cares about, and then returned to the last two seconds of the segment before going to commercial. Jesus Christ. I realize that Time Warner doesn't actually care about the people who...
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Another Way To Get Around TiVo Users Fast Forwarding: Really Interrupt Your Shows With Ads
Sort by Techdirt (Free subscription) - 06/09/2008
Reader DEF writes in to point us to an interesting catch from Jason Kottke. At least some broadcasters seem to have taken things to the next level in trying to get people to watch ads without fast forwarding through them with a DVR: they literally have an overlay ad "pause" the TV show . You pretty much have to watch it to understand it, so here it is: These overlay ads have become quite common, but...
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'Pause' Advertisements
Sort by A Welsh View (Free subscription) - 06/04/2008
I'm glad we don't have anooying advertisements like this over here...yet! [via]
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I Feel Fine
Sort by Pajiba (Free subscription) - 06/11/2008
I Feel Fine The Daily Trade Round-Up / The TV Whore June 11, 2008...
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TBS’ Walk-On Ads Annoy
Sort by NewTeeVee (Free subscription) - 06/05/2008
Thank you, Jason Kottke! The blogger has captured an insidious new ploy being used by TBS to promote one of its shows: During Family Guy, blue-collar comedian Bill Engvall walks on screen, pauses the show like a DVR, then launches into a pitch about his show’s new season. Let me repeat that for you. He interrupts [...]
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Gotta get me some of that linkety-link
Sort by Jaffe Juice (Free subscription) - 06/23/2008
I have about a bazillion tabs open on my Firefox browser and I need to upgrade it as well, so here goes the linkety-link purge: What's the purpose in complaining (in reference to Delta Skelter)? It's a great question and...
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Fresh ways to interrupt your TV experience
Sort by murketing (Free subscription) - 06/16/2008
A friend writes: I saw something REALLY disturbing on TV and immediately thought of you*. Have you seen these TBS ads for the Bill Engval show? He literally walks onto the screen, pauses the show with a remote, tells you to watch his new series, and then restarts it. It’s insanely awful. Made [...]
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When TV networks hate their viewers
Sort by Daimnation! (Free subscription) - 06/06/2008
They do something like this . (No, not "show Family Guy ," smartass.) But what would you expect from TBS? (Most networks cut bad language and nudity from movies, but as far as I know, TBS was the first channel to use "time compression" - in which scenes are cut and even sped up to make the films shorter.) Damian P.
