PBS is the one remaining broadcast network that doesn't do "seamless" transitions from one program to another in an attempt to keep viewers from changing channels, because the nature of their beast requires that the local stations run their underwriting plugs in station breaks that don't interrupt the programming. But this fall, the net is going to test going seamless during "common carriage" prime time hours and run the station breaks after the program has started in some way:
http://currentpublicmedia.blogspot.com/2011/05/pbs-previews-new-primetime-architecture.html Considering how much the hardcore complains about pledge drive specials and anything that they consider the "dumbing down" of the network (and that PBS ombud Michael Getler has received complaints about ad interruptions on PBS' online program streaming), it seems that me that this will not be taken by viewers lying down--and are generic split-screen credits going to be next? (Some PBS Kids credits are squeezed back and on the PBS Kids Sprout cable channel, which is a commercial channel co-owned by Comcast, Sesame Workshop and HIT Entertainment, credit squeezeback and displaying on set monitors in the background on hosted programming blocks are an everyday occurrence and have been for some time.) -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! 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 [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
