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To: Verginius Rufus
Plus it seems that most of the channels co-ordinate the timing so they are all showing commercials at the same time. When commercials come on I switch to another channel...but it is hard to find one not running a commercial (other than C-SPAN, sports events, or movies).

TV and radio both use what is called a "Flex Clock," with approx. (flexible)times slotted for commercial breaks in each hour. Usually, the first break is at :10 or :18 minutes past the hour, then again at the bottom of the hour, at :40 mins, then finally a break at :50. In TV they often have a final break just before the top of the hour at the end of the show.

39 posted on 03/06/2016 3:15:39 PM PST by Inyo-Mono
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To: Inyo-Mono

I’ve noticed with Fox News that the evening shows have a commercial break for about 3 minutes starting at 55 or 56 minutes after the hour, then come back for a minute or two of the original program, then move right into the next program without a break. I assume that is to keep as many viewers as possible for the next show—if there was a commercial break at that point they would lose a lot of them.


80 posted on 03/06/2016 5:33:36 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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