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You all probalby already know that TV programs can be sponsored. Most of the time they say: "This program is sponsored by ..." or "This program is brought to you by ...".
Here in the Netherlands we've recently hit a new low. Not only is the news sponsored, but on one of our channels the clock (that is counting towards the whole hour on which the news is presented) is actually sponsored!
They actually had the nerve to say: "The clock is brought to you by ..." (in Dutch ofcource). When I heard that, I was so stunned that I cannot remember the news broadcast that came after that.
Where does this end?
Well, actually I can tell you where by giving you another low they've reached here: A beer company that sponsors commercials for other companies. Although they didn't say "This milk commercial is brought to you by Bavaria Beer." They did however show the beer in the milk commercial and used the catchphrase of the beer companies own commercials.
Somebody got an asperine? [somebody else:] "Do you want one sponsored by Bavaria Beer? Or ..."
*runs away screaming*
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I can see how commercials in commercials might get annoying, but news programs are sponsored all the time. They are put together by corporations in the first place, you know. Heck, even the names advertise this. "NBC Nightly News", "ABC World Tonite", or whatever.
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Sure, the news gets sponsored, but the CLOCK counting towards the whole hour get it's own sponsor?? That's just ... (can't think of a good word right now).
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What can you expect from a world of advertisement? Just learn to block it out.
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Ugh, I wonder if advertisers have gotten any statistics on a point of diminishing returns, or even if advertising beyond a certain point backfires... Anybody?
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In this country, we have laws stipulating how many much advertising you can have in an hour. So we have less advertisment breaks in TV shows than in the US.
Half hour shows, such as the Simpsons, only have one break near the middle, rather than two. Hour long shows, such as Star Trek, have 3 breaks, usually at 5-8, 22-25, 40-43, and 49-52. So the last bit's really short.
Cartoon Network in particular's great. It has one ad break in 30 minutes (which ruins certain jokes on Space Ghost), but they don't actually advertise other products in the break. They quickly mention another show, and then it's straight back.
And Cartoon Network's ads are great anyway.
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Yeah. TV Licence. Or TV Tax. At worst though, it's no worse than paying for cable channels. Although I suppose that depends on what you think of the BBC.
It's just over �100 a year, and it pays for BBC1, BBC2, BBC Worldwide, BBC News 24, BBC Choice, UK Play, UK Gold (I think), the 5 BBC radio stations, and, er, it gives you a nice warm feeling.
You get Red Dwarf and Monty Python out of it, so don't complain.
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"'The Creation of the Universe' was made possible by a grant from Texas Instruments."
Gotta love PBS...
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how about corporations sponsoring _buildings?_
Los Angeles has the Staples Center, and San Francisco's much-maligned Candlestick Park became 3com Park at Candlestick Point.
(PS, total number of fans we started calling it "#com Park," about five. All of them 3com employees.)
In my county is a town called Concord with the Concord Pavilion--- only, it isn't the Concord Pavilion anymore. It's being brought to you by a newspaper, so now it's the Chronical Pavilion at Concord.
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If I remember right, the Meadowlands is no longer home to Giants Stadium. For what, 5 years now? it's been home to the Continental Airlines Arena at the Meadowlands....where the Jets & Giants just happen to play.
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