Re: 1967 SCM ad "Do your taxes the easy way!"

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From: Scott Lurndal
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2018 19:35

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Dan Espen <dan1...@gmail.com> writes:
>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.
>

Just recently I saw my first picture-in-picture advert
_during_ the program.    Blech.

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