When continuity announcers should just keep quiet!
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You can expect those chuntering morons at Red Bee Media to interrupt most things, but the final music on Carols from King's? Yes, it's when the end credits are on, but, literally, is nothing sacred?! >:(>:(>:(
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I've submitted a complaint to the BBC. I urge everyone else watching it to do the same.
I watched it last year and I would've remembered if that had been interrupted, and it wasn't.
November 11 which was absolutely unforgiveable.
Braodacsters across ALL channels with the practice of credit squeezing. I ould urge that they STOP DOING IT!!!
This, itv are just as bad talking over the end credits :mad:
Is there a link to complain to? Newswatch is one.
Have you noticed what broadcasters do at the end of a film? speed the credits up.
Do you mean tonight's Snowman & The Snowdog? (since The Snowman isn't on until tomorrow)
On C4 HD, the end credits weren't talked over. I had the remote in hand just in case.
I noticed tonight, however, that they put an ad break in whereas there wasn't one last year. They stopped it after the plane lands. I wasn't expecting that so it was a bit jarring.
ITV are shit all over. Same with C5. I long since gave up any hope with either of them.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints
I hate the revamped site with a passion as, instead of answering a load of questions on one page, it now takes you to a new page for every pissing question >:(
And then also asks "Do you want a reply?" Well, duh! I'm not doing it for the sake of my health(!)
Yep. It's a sorry state of affairs.
The Snowman was also on Sunday at 18:25, and yes, the credits were squeezed and voiceover talking at the end.
Bastards
I saw a bit of it when it was on last year. Seemed odd that they cropped it top and bottom to 16:9. You can have 4:3 HD, so I don't know why they didn't do that.
Message to itv STOP THE CREDIT SQUEEZING IN 2014 or find an alternative less intrusive way to promote upcoming programmes
Like charity adverts, easily avoided
It's the people in charge who should be insulted, specifically channel bosses.
They won't change anything of course.
I was disgusted when they spoke over the credits of the Doctor Who 50th special because, with what a landmark moment in broadcasting that was, I really thought they would have been instructed to keep their yaps shut for once. You are right, OP - nothing is scared.
Quite right, and I say that as someone who - a long time ago - used to do the job on regional ITV. You just get an instruction to do it. In my days, in the 1990s it was a practice that was just coming in and sometimes myself and the transmission controller would agree not to do it if we felt it was inappropriate. I suspect you'd be taking a much bigger risk with your job if you did the same today.
That's disgusting. Does no one know the meaning of showing respect anymore? >:(
The following day the BBC was covering memorial services at 11.00 across the UK, most of which showed people playing music and/or making speeches. As they crossed between various towns and cities they happened upon one town which had decided to adopt an additional one minute silence. The commentators were already in the middle of an interview, so there wasn't much they could do about it!
Thanks for th explanation, I had a vague memory of there being a reason but could not be bothered checking back.
Something similar happened with Lee Rigby's funeral. The reporter outside the church was speaking when there was a one minute's silence inside the church but she was not aware of that. Did not stop some expressing outrage at the BBC.
ITV would be just as bad in that respect
Though they do usually know better. When you read the stuff posted on Digital Spy and imagine having to read much more like that all day then it must be a terrible job. Other channels take the easy way out and just ignore comments and complaints!
No, they don't know better. Credit squeezing seems to be done because they can "oh look we bought this expensive software/hardware at great expense, and pay for a continuity announcer, so we'd better darned well use it all at every available opportunity and more, to justify the cost!"
Most of the time, end-credits, voice overs and credit squeezing is an unacceptable intrusion into the enjoyment of many viewers who, surprise surprise, like to watch and listen to a programme as the production team intended. All of it.
There is no problem with putting up a small caption in empty screen space while the credits roll - as I've seen on Sky from time to time - but that should be the limit. Otherwise, they (all of them) do NOT know best!
Thanks for clearing up what happened - I am relieved it was nowhere near as bad as the person I replied to made it sound.