muddysmind.com: Watch Commericals or go to Jail

August 10, 2006

Watch Commericals or go to Jail

Not really, yet.
Seems advertisers are hacked that we don't want to watch their stupid commercials.
Really, how many people watch TV (outside of the Superbowl) for the commercials?
I don't know anyone.
So the fact that crappywood (my pet name for hollywood) and it's pundits are pushing for, of all things making it a law you have to watch commercials, seems a bit like socialism than capitalism.

Whether you use TiVo, Freevo, MythTV or any other of the many suites out there that allow you to record TV on demand or on a schedule, one of the most popular reasons for doing so is the ability to skip commercials. This has angered many in the advertisement industry, who claim that the ability to skip commercials is “destroying” TV advertising. Some are even trying to push legislation that would force people to watch commercials. In order to substantiate or dispute these claims, TiVo is doing some research by doing random samplings from their customers. They'll be looking for how often people jump commercials and what types of commercials they choose to watch. They'll start with a random sampling of 20,000 people.

From TechSpot News

Really this speaks volumes about the sad, sad condition our country is in, doesn't it?

As a proud long time MythTV user I happily skip ads, I also skip them live, I get enough lies at work all day I don't need them being pumped into my house.

Posted by Muddy at August 10, 2006 11:47 AM

Comments

Actually...that would be fascism.

Posted by: skywalker at August 10, 2006 03:34 PM

Ah, thank you kindly sir.

Posted by: muddy at August 11, 2006 07:31 AM

Actually there are a few commercials that I find cute and/or funny. Few.

They can't *force* anyone to watch anything. Besides, one of the reasons I even walk away from commercials is because I still have the "climax" of the last scene of the show I was watching in my head and I hate my show being interrupted. On kind of a side note, I think American tv should do what English tv does (at least, I think this is what they do over there). Show all the commercials right before or right after the show. that way it won't be interrupted.

Posted by: mrs. muddy at August 11, 2006 01:48 PM