[opendtv] Re: News: Behind The Internet TV Revolution
- From: Cliff Benham <flyback1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 15:55:31 -0400
Years ago billboards covered the sides of highways and streets in the US.
Finally, the Highway Beautification Act of 1965 was passed which reduced
their numbers considerably.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway_Beautification_Act
There are few billboards along the interstates because that was part of
the Act. They are not all gone but are critically limited by this law,
and some states have banned billboards altogether.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard
If the frequency and intensity of TV commercials continues to rise, laws
will undoubtedly be passed to do for them what the Highway
Beautification Act did in 1965 for billboards.
Not to mention the reaction of viewers to purchase DVR devices so they
can zip passed the hated ads at rates up to 1 minute per second.
Cliff
On 10/16/2010 9:45 AM, Craig Birkmaier wrote:
At 9:20 PM -0400 10/15/10, John Shutt wrote:
Cliff,
Switch to decaf, bud. Those commercials pay the bills. Always have.
Until the frequency pisses enough people off...
This is one of the reasons I have stopped watching most broadcast
network programming...
The tremendous decline in the quality of most network content is the
other reason.
Regards
Craig
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