I am not activly involved in the media so I not sure of the technical
details of what follows. Here in the UK we have no damned commercials at
all on two channels(BBC1 and BBC2) these are paid for by a licence fee that
has to be paid by every TV owner regardless of whether the view BBC
channels or not. If you own a TV and don't choose to pay the licence you
are liable to a fine. We also have commercial channels with advertising.
However, these channels are subject to considerable regulation in respect
of the quantity, sensitive timing of and nature of the advertising.
Strange as this may seem to outsiders some of us actually endorse this
state of affairs and as a consequence not even our free market mad Tory
government have felt able to go for total de-regulation in this area.
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>>I haven't heard of it, nor seen it, or even heard of Folger's coffee.
>>You'll have to explain this to me.
>>You might not know that TV commercials are a new thing in Norway, we've
>>only had it for about 5 years. Even now, the commercials are _between_
>>shows, never in them. Social-democracy has it definitive brigth moments.
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>One thing that Europeans *always* complain about in regards to American TV
>is all the damned commercials- what is it about these other countries that
>are just as 'advanced' and 'industrailized' as US but don't do commercial TV
>like US? Is it governement sponsorship? Higher broadcast fees? Licenses?
>Culture? Greater participation in society in general? Perhaps a sensitivity
>on the part of the content providers to not allow anything to disrupt the
>enjoyment of the content?
>
>It is this general attitude that I think is worth exploring in regards to
>commercialism in VR- how do you incorporate it without destroying the
>medium? is this a good example to follow?
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