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  Gerry
  Posted on:
  17th Oct 2008 11:47pm
  
  Last Post 26th May 2010
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  Discussion: Tv advertising

  80% of the time u swich on TV there is an ad, people are now recording TV shows so we can fast forward them, thus advertisers are losing out on money spent...some morning shows have infomercial then 10 secs of TV then go to ad break...gosh...are we idiots??
  
  

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  ptrdhll
  Posted on:
  18th Oct 2008 01:33am

  ptrdhll says: Worries me a bit for if we don;t watch these so called ads in some way then the company's behind them might cut back there spending, therefore local made shows etc may end up been cut back as well?
  
  

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  elle
  Posted on:
  21st Oct 2008 10:59pm

  ptrdhll says: Worries me a bit for if we don;t watch these so called ads in some way then the company's behind them might cut back there spending, therefore local made shows etc may end up been cut back as well?

  elle says: we need these ads thats the only way for tv to survive.
  
  

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  ptrdhll
  Posted on:
  23rd Oct 2008 05:34pm

  elle says: we need these ads thats the only way for tv to survive.

  ptrdhll says: Sad but very true.
  
  

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  elle
  Posted on:
  24th Oct 2008 11:25pm

  ptrdhll says: Sad but very true.

  elle says: you wright
  
  

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  bj
  Posted on:
  24th Oct 2008 07:43am

  bj says: These infomercial drive me silly... so long winded, voices are pitched to sell sell sell. I usually get coffee when these start.
  
  

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  kate
  Posted on:
  7th Dec 2009 08:51pm

  bj says: These infomercial drive me silly... so long winded, voices are pitched to sell sell sell. I usually get coffee when these start.

  kate says: Informercials just go for far too long and drive me bananas too. I usually stop watching tv altogether, go off and do something else when they come on.
  
  

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  keyz12
  Posted on:
  24th Oct 2008 12:36pm

  keyz12 says: I can understand that we need the ads for TV to survive....but do we need them to compete for time with the programs that we watch?
  
  

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  elle
  Posted on:
  24th Oct 2008 11:23pm

  elle says: I think advertisers should strive to make us interested in their ads, some ads revolting.
  
  

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  jatz50
  Posted on:
  28th Oct 2008 06:19pm

  elle says: I think advertisers should strive to make us interested in their ads, some ads revolting.

  jatz50 says: Some ads ARE entertaining and then there are the others.........BORINGGGGGGGGGG. Those morning shows are more info commercials then the actual programme.
  
  

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  kezza
  Posted on:
  29th Oct 2008 11:13am

  kezza says: I like watching the adds on televisioin as you can get some really interesting things from them and some of the adds are quite funny to watch.
  
  

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