On Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:19:11 -0200, Nicolas Alvarez wrote:

> scott wrote:
>> Actually on BBC channels there are no adverts at all, apart from
>> trailers for other BBC programs and services.  These usually come in
>> the form of 1-3 short trailers *between* each program, never during a
>> program.
> 
> Whoa, I wish TV was like that here.
> 
> The History Channel breaks every 10 minutes in the middle of the
> programs, sometimes advertising products but mostly advertising other
> programs in the same channel. And that's cable TV, paying for it. What
> the hell?

That's why we use our DVR and have programmed a button on it to skip 30 
seconds.  We hardly ever see commercials any more.

Jim

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