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Not so trivial, but I'll throw this in here - the use of bombastic spoiler packed introductions to programmes esp documentaries - "In this programme, I'm on a journey to discover the very essence of the universe (BOOMING MUSIC), I'll see things you won't believe - attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion..." etc! And finally after three minutes of this the programme actually starts
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My favourite program used to be HIGNFY but had to stop watching it due to the sudden bursts of VERY LOUD laughter which used to make me jump!. So unecessary.
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FYI Daily breaking up EVERY film on ITV4, including on the EPG so a film is now separate two events.
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Longer and longer ad breaks. ITV hours are really only about 44-45 minutes.
It's been like that for many years now, I rarely watch commercial Television as a result and got rid of Sky because of adverts galore |
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It's been like that for many years now, I rarely watch commercial Television as a result and got rid of Sky because of adverts galore
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Back in the day when ITV was the only television advertising outlet, adverts were sold for thousands of pounds a slot, but now with the proliferation of ad-funded channels I just can't understand how they can all be profitable. The TV advertising cake surely cannot be that big.
As someone who very rarely watches live TV, one reason being the adverts, I have also avoided ITV Player etc. However this has been the only way I have been able to watch Marcella and was pleased that the ad breaks are a lot shorter than on live TV and in fact the last ad break is omitted altogether. It seems that companies no longer have budgets to pay for any old advertising slot on TV like they used to.
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Everything I want to watch / record is on at the same time.
I second the advert breaks. |
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For time-saving reasons, nearly all of my viewing is via my own prerecorded catch-up or BBC iPlayer. Even "event" TV on commercial channels I tend to watch on self-imposed delay, to cut out those annoying ad breaks.
With minimal effort I can then reach the end of the programme in "real time". What really irritates me is, on the rare occasions when I fancy zapping through other Freeview channels just to see what I'm not missing - three seconds on each one is usually more than enough to gauge the output - so many of them seem just to be showing adverts (even worse if you do it early in the day because it's those AWFUL shopping promos), |
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The way the Tube programme on Channel 5 is jumping around the calendar without rhyme or reason.
This week, it features the knife attack at Leytonstone tube station (December 5th) and Christmas. Last week they had a disaster drill that started on February 29th and they've already had New Year's Eve and Halloween. |
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The way newsreaders sometimes pronounce the years. Just heard the news on Radio 2 and the woman pronounced 2008 as "twenty oh eight." Why would you say it like that?!
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The way newsreaders sometimes pronounce the years. Just heard the news on Radio 2 and the woman pronounced 2008 as "twenty oh eight." Why would you say it like that?!
![]() I still hear them spoken that way now, more often than not. 'twenty' is a lot quicker to say than 'two thousand'. I cannot see what the problem is here. |
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Why not? That's how years were always spoken until the 21st century.
I still hear them spoken that way now, more often than not. 'twenty' is a lot quicker to say than 'two thousand'. I cannot see what the problem is here. |
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News presenters (all channels) who profusely thank their colleagues after interviewing them - sorry, isn't that what they're paid for ?
Breakfast presenters who are constantly saying Good morning to their colleagues - once fine but not every 15 minutes. |
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That awful family (possibly the 'real' Dingles or Whites) who are on just before Emmerdale starts. They're either all eating off trays on their laps or hugging cushions because the next bit is sooooo scary! FFS - grow up!
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News presenters (all channels) who profusely thank their colleagues after interviewing them - sorry, isn't that what they're paid for ?
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Katie Price - i wont watch anything she is on
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Films on ITV4 being split into two be the annoying FYI Daily.
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The fact that Pointless even exists.
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Films on ITV4 being split into two be the annoying FYI Daily.
![]() Why have a break in the film anyway? It was bad enough back in the day when they would stop for the news. |
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That f***ing Channel 4 ident before The Simpsons. It's so bloody annoying and goes on way too long!
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That f***ing Channel 4 ident before The Simpsons. It's so bloody annoying and goes on way too long!
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The one with Homer? Are they still using that? I'd have thought they'd ditched it when the new look came in...
![]() This one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_1hOoCagjg The Homer ident was WAY better. |
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When a story in your local area makes the BBC news and then the regional news programme immediately afterwards runs the same story, with the presenter saying "As we've just seen on the national news....blah....blah"
Well exactly - we've just seen it! You don't need to tell us again. |
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It's these yellow blocks and a pair of eyes floating around the screen with a really annoying saxophone playing. About 10 seconds in we hear the announcer but then they continue to play the stupid ident for about another 30 seconds. WHY?!!
![]() This one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_1hOoCagjg The Homer ident was WAY better. The Simpsons created a couple of them. |
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[quote=BasilRathbon;82379251]When a story in your local area makes the BBC news and then the regional news programme immediately afterwards runs the same story, with the presenter saying "As we've just seen on the national news....blah....blah"
Well exactly - we've just seen it! You don't need to tell us again.[/QUOTE I'd imagine that must happen a lot in the London news region, seeing as so many stories on the national news eminate from/involve London. |
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