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minus-squareyesterdayshero@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down3·1 year agoSounds like you haven’t watched a lot of free to air tv haha
minus-squaremakingStuffForFun@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 year agoI can honestly say, apart from seeing it on on the background when visiting parents or similar, that I haven’t watched free to air TV in maybe 15 years. Been streaming or downloading all that time.
minus-squareyesterdayshero@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·1 year agoI hardly watch it either. Just found it funny all the complaints above could be applied to what free to air tv has been doing for decades.
minus-squaremakingStuffForFun@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoAgree with you completely.
minus-squareyesterdayshero@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoYet they still get around it through sound mixing. Any regulations against using jingles or having ads interrupt what you’re watching?
minus-squareyata@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoAds in those are also regulated in civilised countries.
minus-squareRelentlessArts@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoLuckily all that is prosecutable by Ofcom here so it very rarely happens.
Sounds like you haven’t watched a lot of free to air tv haha
I can honestly say, apart from seeing it on on the background when visiting parents or similar, that I haven’t watched free to air TV in maybe 15 years. Been streaming or downloading all that time.
I hardly watch it either. Just found it funny all the complaints above could be applied to what free to air tv has been doing for decades.
Agree with you completely.
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Yet they still get around it through sound mixing. Any regulations against using jingles or having ads interrupt what you’re watching?
Ads in those are also regulated in civilised countries.
Luckily all that is prosecutable by Ofcom here so it very rarely happens.