[ThinkDifferent]

"The news [networks] have shown us that people will accept all sorts of things going on on their screens," he said.

What an idiot. The news tickers contain actual *news*, which is what the viewers tuned in for. In-show commercials are useless and obnoxious, and I can think of no better way for the networks to lose their remaining viewers.

[HHFi]

Exactly. It sounds like TV executives are taking lessons from the record industry in how to drive away every last customer.

[snarkpup]

In-show commercials are useless and obnoxious, and I can think of no better way for the networks to lose their remaining viewers.

I haven't seen TNN for months. I took them off my remote control channel sequence when they introduced a persistent banner running clear across the screen. Everything is, in effect, semi-letterboxed.