PHTV - Please... please stop...

PHTV - Please... please stop...

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Smegmium

Original Poster:

2,344 posts

169 months

Saturday 21st March 2015
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...the sodding adverts.

Not one of us likes or wants to be forced to sit through a 30 second advert before watching a 20 second clip.

I watched one video, then clicked on another that looked fun, and had another 30 second ad rammed down my throat, I just closed the page and went to youtube.

DanielSan

18,747 posts

166 months

Saturday 21st March 2015
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Where there are no adverts obviously.

Buff Mchugelarge

3,316 posts

149 months

Saturday 21st March 2015
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First world problems eh? rolleyes


Smegmium

Original Poster:

2,344 posts

169 months

Saturday 21st March 2015
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DanielSan said:
Where there are no adverts obviously.
Where you can usually skip ads after 3 seconds.

Motorrad

6,811 posts

186 months

Saturday 21st March 2015
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Simple solution, don't watch any of them. I haven't and was blissfully unaware of any issue until I read this thread.

Unless of course you paid to watch them?

Smegmium

Original Poster:

2,344 posts

169 months

Saturday 21st March 2015
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Why would I pay to watch? what?


anonymous-user

53 months

Saturday 21st March 2015
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How do you think they make money?

Smegmium

Original Poster:

2,344 posts

169 months

Saturday 21st March 2015
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Wow, you lot really seem to enjoy watching adverts...

The point is if they want "PHTV" to take off the long and compulsory ads will drive people away VERY quickly, myself included.

Shaw Tarse

31,543 posts

202 months

Saturday 21st March 2015
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I haven't seen an ad on PHTV?

B'stard Child

28,324 posts

245 months

Saturday 21st March 2015
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Shaw Tarse said:
I haven't seen an ad on PHTV?
^ WHS

eybic

9,212 posts

173 months

Monday 23rd March 2015
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The pre-roll ads on PHTV are paying for the investment in the tech, operational support and production of PHTV episodes, it took YouTube some time not to be loss making.

We will be putting in frequency capping and ads not showing in short-length videos as viewing figures grow so please bear with us.

We appreciate more videos are coming on stream and more views every day so hopefully we'll have some more news soon.

Smegmium

Original Poster:

2,344 posts

169 months

Monday 23rd March 2015
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Thanks for the reply - yes I fully understand the reason they are there, I'm glad to hear that they will be "calmed down" a bit. I just don't want or need to see the same 30 second Dyson advert (or whatever) on EVERY 20 second video i want to watch.

Surely haymarket make enough from the car sales listings to run a small country?!

TooMany2cvs

29,008 posts

125 months

Monday 23rd March 2015
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Don't like seeing ads? Install an ad-blocker. The solution is in YOUR hands.

otolith

55,899 posts

203 months

Monday 23rd March 2015
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Ad-blockers that work on video?

hornetrider

63,161 posts

204 months

Tuesday 24th March 2015
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There's fking adverts everywhere on here these days. I just clicked on the homepage and there's a 'promoted' headline nestling in amongst the usual PH stories. They'll fking try anything to get you to click on their st. Thanks heavens for ABP.

Smegmium

Original Poster:

2,344 posts

169 months

Tuesday 24th March 2015
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hornetrider said:
There's fking adverts everywhere on here these days. I just clicked on the homepage and there's a 'promoted' headline nestling in amongst the usual PH stories. They'll fking try anything to get you to click on their st. Thanks heavens for ABP.
The home page is a joke...


hornetrider

63,161 posts

204 months

Tuesday 24th March 2015
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^^^ I'd be embarrassed if PH was my website yet the vast majority of the front page real estate was given over to a different company/brand advertising. Where's the identity? Something has gone very, very wrong when that seems acceptable to those responsible for making the editorial decisions.

Shaw Tarse

31,543 posts

202 months

Tuesday 24th March 2015
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hornetrider said:
^^^ I'd be embarrassed if PH was my website yet the vast majority of the front page real estate was given over to a different company/brand advertising. Where's the identity? Something has gone very, very wrong when that seems acceptable to those responsible for making the editorial decisions.
Flagged up to those in charge smile

eybic

9,212 posts

173 months

Tuesday 24th March 2015
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Thanks for your comments we are sorting the ad situation out, JD's response here will hopefully explain what we're doing.




Smegmium

Original Poster:

2,344 posts

169 months

Sunday 29th March 2015
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Has this now become some sort of joke between the staff?