On Jun 19, 2009, at 3:24 PM, Mark J. wrote: > SBS runs a good amount of foreign-language programming, including > during the day unsubtitled foreign newscasts. For years after they > started running ads, the programing was uninterrupted and the ads ran > between programs, similar to some state-owned European channels. In > the last couple of years, in order to compete with seamless > presentation on the commercial nets and advertisers complaining that > people changed channels before their ads came on, they had to start > interrupting the programs with ads. I assume that if they're doing > seamless, that credits are either squeezed back or genericed (and I > assume that the commercial networks are doing the same thing).
Actually, I was pleasantly surprised -- only squeezed-back credits I saw were, if I recall correctly, on "The Simpsons" on Ten. Don't remember seeing any seamless transitions, not even between "The Daily Show" and "The Colbert Report"; there was always a commercial break. Kind of a schizophrenic lineup on SBS: foreign newscasts (including "The Newshour with Jim Lehrer"), documentaries about aborigines, "Corner Gas," "South Park," and "Flight of the Conchords." -- Jim Ellwanger <train...@ellwanger.tv> <http://www.ellwanger.tv> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... Smart (TV) People on Ice! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
