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Article #621867Re: 1967 SCM ad "Do your taxes the easy way!"
From: Charlie Gibbs
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2018 23:48
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2018 23:48
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On 2018-04-19, Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote: > On 2018-04-19, Kerr-Mudd,John <nots...@invalid.org> wrote: > >> I vaguely remember some "coming next" bit on top of the end of a program >> (on ch4?); maybe it was the hoohah about that that caused a change in the >> rules. A lot of the commercial channels squeeze the credits and jump in >> at the end to tell you about something exciting coming up. I hate that, especially when I'm trying to scan the cast list for the name of an actor whose performance I enjoyed. To make things worse, the now-shrunken credits are often scrolled at a much higher speed than in the original: compressed in time as well as space. Then there are the networks who completely reset the credits - different format, typeface, etc. - to better fit into their end-of-show ads. > The UK ASA (Advertising Standards Authority) rules insist there is a clear > and perceptible difference between programme content and advertising, in > order that even the dumbest viewer can be sure what is content and what > advertising. I wish newspapers did the same. Some of their "infomercials" are very cleverly disguised. -- /~\ cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid (Charlie Gibbs) \ / I'm really at ac.dekanfrus if you read it the right way. X Top-posted messages will probably be ignored. See RFC1855. / \ Fight low-contrast text in web pages! http://contrastrebellion.com
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