Ofcom regulates how much time can be devoted to adverts. On average it must not exceed 7 minutes per hour with a maximum of 12 minutes in any one hour. Between 6 pm and 11 pm the maximum is 8 minutes. As American programmes are usually given an hour long slot but only last 42 minutes the slack time is occupied with trailers for other programmes.
I do not know if Ofcom regulations apply to the satellite broadcasters.
Didn't there used to be an ad which said "98% of cats prefer Kit e Kat " or something like that. It never made clear how many cats took part in the poll
OH commented on the proliferation of unintelligible perfume adverts. Hadn’t twigged that this is the usual run up to Christmas and Valentine’s Day, when desperate shoppers resort to buying expensive fragrances as they can’t think of anything else. I’m really fussy about perfume, and would hate to have someone waste good money on something I might not like. Also would wonder what someone thought of me, given how weird some of the images are! OH is a big fan of Charlize Theron, but thinks she looks terrifying in the perfume ads! He likes the ads with Natalie Portman rolling in the flowers, but I had to tell him that the perfume is not to my taste.
On Italian TV there is an advert, seemingly all year round, for a bed, featuring a young, scantily-clad woman rolling around on it. The bed is situated next to a large garden pond (?) - where else? To encourage you to buy it you can have "free" either a set of bedding or ... a dinner service! Doesn't make me want to throw anything at the TV but does make me think 'what on earth?' or rather something similar but with expletives
God, there are some really crap adverts here
Martina Franca, Puglia, southern Italy Love living in Italy but a Loiner at heart
Usually a tight arse, I’ve given in and tomorrow will pay the £40.00 a year to have the ads removed. It doesn’t work for live tv just anything from the hub. There a 7 day free trial so I’ll see just what it does cover.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I do not know if Ofcom regulations apply to the satellite broadcasters.
I’m really fussy about perfume, and would hate to have someone waste good money on something I might not like.
Also would wonder what someone thought of me, given how weird some of the images are!
OH is a big fan of Charlize Theron, but thinks she looks terrifying in the perfume ads!
He likes the ads with Natalie Portman rolling in the flowers, but I had to tell him that the perfume is not to my taste.
God, there are some really crap adverts here
Love living in Italy but a Loiner at heart
I also loved the Cadbury's one with the gorilla that @B3 posted a few pages back.
Currently, the Lloyds TSB one with the horses is good, and the AA one with the wee dog with the big fan.
Hate all the Go Compare ones ... and all the funeral plan and naff house alarm ones.
On holidays in the US we were always amazed how many of the ads were either for erectile dysfunction or for dealing with "roaches".
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It doesn’t work for live tv just anything from the hub.
There a 7 day free trial so I’ll see just what it does cover.