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Originally Posted by yesman
Well, it has finally arrived, the total TV advert channel 
Rupert Murdoch's ever increasing stranglehold over the airways has finally reached it's peak.
What a sad state of affairs. Link |
I don't think it is that bad. Certainly I don't think Rupurt Murdoch is decreasing my quality of life with this new channel. If you don't want to watch it, then don't. If noone does, it won't be cost effective and they'll kill it.
On the other hand, some commercials are actually quite funny. It can be a pain waiting for ages to show your mate the hilarious new one by Lynx or something. For all you yank-haters out there, it is a very American idea. Over here, instead of the channels going off air at night, they run "infomercials" (extended commercials featuring demonstrations and time-limited offers, etc). They are actually quite dangerous as some of the stuff they offer is pretty cool, and all those $19.95 + s/h offers add up.
Anyway, NTL did the idea first and noone really cared at the time. Although watching it for that cute Broadband girl has worn off now
