On Wed, March 7, 2007 3:34 pm, Christian Seberino wrote:
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> On Wed, March 7, 2007 2:57 pm, Tracy R Reed wrote:
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>> And why is it a pain for national TV broadcasts? You say something will
>> air at 1800Z and everyone knows what time it will be on. Or you can say
>> 1800Z with a repeat at 2200Z so people on both sides of the country can
>> catch it.
>
> I'm not a broadcaster but I would guess networks want to broadcast their
> best content at prime time (whatever that is) everywhere.
> Prime time will not be 1800Z in all of China. Now they have to have
> different advertising for each unofficial timezone with different
> showtimes.
>
> Chris
Yup. But up until recently, the main advertiser was the gumment ("Buy
insurance!" "Have good dental hygene!").
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