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And lo On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:09:14 -0000, Jim Henderson
<nos### [at] nospam com> did spake thusly:
> On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:00:42 +0000, Phil Cook v2 wrote:
>
>> And lo On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:25:34 -0000, Jim Henderson
>> <nos### [at] nospam com> did spake thusly:
>>
> No, what is done is that the hour-long programmes get cut down to air on
> the channel with commercials. I see that already with programs from the
> BBC that air on BBC America. We typically lose 15-20 minutes of the show
> (which is why I seek out the BBC versions of the show rather than record
> them on BBCA on my DVR).
You're right - silly me yet another reason to tempt people into paying
more.
>> They could try broadcasting in our dreams, or fitting us with in-retina
>> screens. Damn combine that with the smart editing programme and you can
>> have one channel edit out your competitors brand completely (or replace
>> it with something horrible) "Welcome to the Coca Cola channel"
>> "[screams] what's that? It's hideous!" "That's a bottle of Pepsi sir"
>> "Take it away! Take it away... oo is that Summer Glau holding that
>> bottle of Coke?"
>
> LOL....arguably, if Summer was holding a bottle of coke, she'd no doubt
> be hitting someone with it.
Well if the editing programme's clever enough that would be the Pepsi
buyer she'd be hitting ;-)
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Phil Cook
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