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It is one thing to have commercial breaks during programs which, although annoying to the viewer, is a genuinely fair way of doing business, but altogether another matter when they force us to watch content.
A commercial break warns us and we can switch channels or attend to something else. Mind you, lately the TEN Cricket crooks have also employed the tactic of turning up the volume during ad breaks so that no matter where ever we are in the house we can still hear the loud sounds. But that wasn’t enough. Now Ten Cricket have been airing commercial ads during the program itself
While watching a game of cricket, suddenly we will be invaded by a PIP (Picture-In-Picture) ad, a pop-up ad or small banner type ads that suddenly flash across our screen. Sometimes these pop-up ads can take up as much as 25-40% of our screen.
These pop-up ads are a fraudulent invasion of our privacy. The programs we are watching are not free. I actually pay Rs 25/month (Tata Sky) for watching Ten Cricket. i.e., We pay for them. With these pop-up ads and flash banner ads Ten Cricket is now FORCING us to watch content that I should not have to watch. In a commercial break we are aware of what is on our screen but these pop-ups force us to watch the ads because they are flashed in our face in the middle of the program.
THIS IS A FRAUDULENT PRACTICE. The Ministry of I&B must ban this practice to protect our (consumer) interests. The least priority on the media’s list is the viewer.
TV channels must be free to make money during their commercial breaks. No one would grudge that. However, they should not be allowed to make money on our time. That’s the time we are paying for.
WE SHOULD START SENDING COMPLAINTS TO THE MINISTRY of I&B TO BAN THIS FRAUDULENT AND INVASIVE PRACTICE.
In the US the increasing of sound volume during commercial breaks by TV channels is banned.
Scrolling commercial ads, pop-up ads or button-banner ads that invade you during programs you paid to watch should also be banned.
PLEASE SEND IN YOUR COMPLAINTS SO THAT THIS PRACTICE OF POP UP ADS is BANNED FOR WORLD CUP 2011.
A commercial break warns us and we can switch channels or attend to something else. Mind you, lately the TEN Cricket crooks have also employed the tactic of turning up the volume during ad breaks so that no matter where ever we are in the house we can still hear the loud sounds. But that wasn’t enough. Now Ten Cricket have been airing commercial ads during the program itself
While watching a game of cricket, suddenly we will be invaded by a PIP (Picture-In-Picture) ad, a pop-up ad or small banner type ads that suddenly flash across our screen. Sometimes these pop-up ads can take up as much as 25-40% of our screen.
These pop-up ads are a fraudulent invasion of our privacy. The programs we are watching are not free. I actually pay Rs 25/month (Tata Sky) for watching Ten Cricket. i.e., We pay for them. With these pop-up ads and flash banner ads Ten Cricket is now FORCING us to watch content that I should not have to watch. In a commercial break we are aware of what is on our screen but these pop-ups force us to watch the ads because they are flashed in our face in the middle of the program.
THIS IS A FRAUDULENT PRACTICE. The Ministry of I&B must ban this practice to protect our (consumer) interests. The least priority on the media’s list is the viewer.
TV channels must be free to make money during their commercial breaks. No one would grudge that. However, they should not be allowed to make money on our time. That’s the time we are paying for.
WE SHOULD START SENDING COMPLAINTS TO THE MINISTRY of I&B TO BAN THIS FRAUDULENT AND INVASIVE PRACTICE.
In the US the increasing of sound volume during commercial breaks by TV channels is banned.
Scrolling commercial ads, pop-up ads or button-banner ads that invade you during programs you paid to watch should also be banned.
PLEASE SEND IN YOUR COMPLAINTS SO THAT THIS PRACTICE OF POP UP ADS is BANNED FOR WORLD CUP 2011.