hmm... I had assumed that Heath was talking about overlay ads DURING
the program. I don't have a problem with pre-roll and post-roll ads
of whatever type. They just have to be integrated properly with the
subject matter. I say if pre-roll's going to be peppy and bouncy, get
it out of the way in the first 3 seconds of the show, before the
on-air talent sets up the piece.

Then again, unfortunately, some groups don't burn their ads in
directly. I forget what the name is of the service, but when I did my
Indy Mogul episode, the plan was to provide two segments that made up
the entire show, and the commercial in between was added by that
program/service. I'll assume that's so the ads can be dynamically
inserted.

Anyway, like I said in the other post, it's the difference between
doing art for the sake of art and doing art so that people will stop
by and click on it and give you some ad revenue. hahaha It's only
going to get worse from here on out! :D


--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Rupert <rupert@...> wrote:
>
> I thought it was funny - just made me laugh at the advertiser - but
> yeah, i'm pretty amazed at the stupidity of advertisers, still making
> one-size-fits-all adverts, even little 5 second pre-roll ones.
> simplistic ideas of brand identity etc mean they can't get their
> heads around supplying a variety of different tones to be used
> depending on the content. without realising that this kind of use of
> your brand makes you seem like an idiot. they might as well have
> inserted the title sequence from The Hills.
>
> On 26-Aug-08, at 9:52 AM, Heath wrote:
>
> I am glad jay and ryanne are back safe, I am glad that boing boing
> and others are trying to report things....but....and for me it's a
> big but....the ads on the video piece from boing boing turned me
> off....I mean, here are jay and ryanne talking about people being
> detained and how that they are basicly trying to get out of town
> before they themselves are detained and I get some upbeat rockin ad
> for, heck I don't even know but it just seemed sooo out of
> place....it detracted me from the overall message...maybe it's just
> me...but.....
>
> Heath
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> --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Rupert <rupert@> wrote:
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> > http://tv.boingboing.net/2008/08/25/boing-boing-tv-proti.html
> >
> > "Last week, eight American citizens were detained in Beijing for
> > participating in pro-Tibetan sovereignty protests near the site of
> > the 2008 Olympics, with Students for a Free Tibet. Two
> videobloggers
> > who documented those protest and guerrilla art installations
> evaded
> > detention, and spoke to Boing Boing TV on Friday Beijing time
> about
> > why they were there, what they witnessed, and why it mattered.
> >
> > "Jay Dedman and Ryanne Hodson of Ryanishungry.com spoke to us over
> > Skype from a hostel in Beijing. One of the actions they documented
> in
> > photo and video was the hanging of an "LED throwies" light banner,
> > below, which read "FREE TIBET." We agreed to hold this Boing Boing
> tv
> > episode until after we received word that they'd safely left the
> > country. They have returned home, so I am posting the piece today."
> >
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