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Article #621855Re: 1967 SCM ad "Do your taxes the easy way!"
From: Dan Espen
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2018 17:51
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2018 17:51
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scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) writes: > Peter Flass <peter...@yahoo.com> writes: >><hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com> wrote: > >>> The television aspect of cable TV certainly has dramatically >>> increased, yet, they have also dramatically increased the >>> number of commercials in a show. For instance, I timed it >>> and years ago it was roughly 25% commercials while now it >>> is 40%. >> >>I usually see 25-30%. When I watch a show I've DVRed it seems like an hours >>show takes about 40-45 minutes when I skip the commercials. > > I was watching a _Man From U.N.C.L.E._ DVD the other day, and > noted that the episodes were 50 1/2 minutes in length (leaving > 9 1/2 minutes for commercials). Today, it is closer to 20 > minutes for commercials. Actually, most (ALL?) stations are running constant ads on the bottom of the screen. I'm amazed that some of the side bar ads are animated. Advertisers know no boundaries. -- Dan Espen
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