Now Two Ad Breaks In TV Shows? Is This Allowed?

[Zetti]

Surely two add breaks can't be that stressful. Just flick the channels. That's what I always do.

If there was anything else on at the time apart from Hollyoaks but thats boring. I just use my computer during ad breaks

[Red Ranger 1]

I read a book.Or have a nap.Or, more often, finish the washing up.

[simmins]

I see there's no change.

[Miranda]

I think 2 advert breaks in a half hour programme is ridiculous- 1 is quite enough. Remember, when Neighbours was on BBC1, there were no ad breaks at all I suppose we have got spoilt in Britain with the BBC channels which don't show any adverts at all!

[Slade]

I think 2 advert breaks in a half hour programme is ridiculous- 1 is quite enough. Remember, when Neighbours was on BBC1, there were no ad breaks at all I suppose we have got spoilt in Britain with the BBC channels which don't show any adverts at all!

According to this post:

http://www.backtothebay.com/forum/index.ph...st&p=894107

They are regulated by the total number of minutes for advertising as opposed to the total number of breaks. So assuming they don’t go over the allotted minutes I guess they can have as many breaks as they want (within reason).

[Barbara]

In Belgium we only have one ad break which lasts about 3 or 4 minutes and I think that's more than enough. We have 2 ad breaks for 1-hour programme or a movie unless the movie is really long then there's a 3rd one. On some channels like één (which is the Flemish BBC), they don't have ad breaks during programmes. But on the channel la une (the BBC from the French-speaking part of the country), they have one ad break, whether it's a 30-min programme, 1-hour programme or a movie.

When I went to the US, I watched an episode of Desperate Housewives and they had like 4 or 5 ad breaks. That's so annoying! Sometimes you had just two short scenes and then an ad break again. And those ad breaks lasted at least 2 minutes.

[alexx]

That's how Australia airs shows too - Aussie shows are made that way, and any TV shows that come from America, such as Desperate Housewives, we get the ad breaks at the same time the Americans do.

[Slade]

When I went to the US, I watched an episode of Desperate Housewives and they had like 4 or 5 ad breaks. That's so annoying! Sometimes you had just two short scenes and then an ad break again. And those ad breaks lasted at least 2 minutes.

Now with the US that doesn’t really surprise me as everything is commercialised. Even a lot of sporting events are Pay-Per-View and it has been like that for many years.

[Barbara]

When I went to the US, I watched an episode of Desperate Housewives and they had like 4 or 5 ad breaks. That's so annoying! Sometimes you had just two short scenes and then an ad break again. And those ad breaks lasted at least 2 minutes.

Now with the US that doesn’t really surprise me as everything is commercialised. Even a lot of sporting events are Pay-Per-View and it has been like that for many years.

I know. I remember when the last episode of Friends was about to be aired, the companies which wanted to have their ad aired had to pay thousands of dollars. I also know it costs a lot of money to have your ad aired during the Super Bowl and stuff like that.

[Sydneylover]

I think 2 advert breaks in a half hour programme is ridiculous- 1 is quite enough. Remember, when Neighbours was on BBC1, there were no ad breaks at all I suppose we have got spoilt in Britain with the BBC channels which don't show any adverts at all!

According to this post:

http://www.backtothebay.com/forum/index.ph...st&p=894107

They are regulated by the total number of minutes for advertising as opposed to the total number of breaks. So assuming they don’t go over the allotted minutes I guess they can have as many breaks as they want (within reason).

Considering Five pay ALL the H&A production costs & 7 make 100% profit from wherever Southern Star flog H&A too you bet your top dollar 7 dont give a toss about Five meeting that obligation or any other......

One wonders if 7 will pip Endemol to the post in light of Fairfax selling off Southern division of the company

Worldwide rights to 7 productions:

A Country Practice

All Saints

Always Greener

City Homicide

to name a few

and control of most of AU programmes worldwide

http://www.southernstargroup.com/content/searchresults.aspx

Pray Nine, Ten or Foxtelstra dont get their hands on Southern or well H&A internationally may suffer, News Corp could kill H&A internationally as it has so many fingers in so many media pies worldwide, easy to eliminate a products distribution than its success.....