shadowgrin wrote:Oakrhum wrote:What's unintelligent with that? That's the time when the people are really drawn in and all eyes are in their TV sets. If they placed the ad right before the round, chances are people are not yet watching. People go to pee or do whatever it is during commercial breaks so if they place it in between the actual show, there's no escape. We'll see the ad whether we like it or not. But I understand you, I think you're just annoyed and can't find the right word to say and the coolest word to say for you is the word "stupid", pretty much like Manny Pacquiao's "you know and I mean" when he's lost for words.
From a short term marketing standpoint it may not be stupid, but in the long term it's still stupid, market-wise, because the airtime of commercials actually exceeded the set standard, but since the broadcasting station isn't under the jurisdiction of that particular goverment agency which handles such things, it got off the hook. It now has potential to be barraged with legislation, bad news for adverts, if it does happen. What we just all need, more legislation.
Stupid, because it's a move which can piss off potential consumers.
Stupid because it's sets a precedent which may be followed by other broadcasters/stations . (see related first paragraph)
Stupid because the sponsors and broadcaster didn't have the insight to plan the airtimes just in case that the fight might be short or not last past three rounds (which is the accepted norm for a short fight). The number and length of commercials could have made a 12 round fight seem like 24 rounds.
Stupid because I was already sick and tired of the cut-away long commercials during the singing of the national anthems and the entrance of fighters. Tom Jones' rendition of God Save The Queen wasn't even shown, it would be understandable if the singing of the Star Spangled Banner wasn't shown also as some sort of support to Pacquiao or nationalism but only the God Save the Queen was left out. Does the singer of God Save the Queen have to be part Filipino as well just to for it to be shown, like that with the U.S. national anthem? What's up with that? So much for respecting other culture.
I hope you understand what I'm trying to say, "you know what I mean?"
At least you got it right on your first attempt. (Marketing standpoint) I don't care if you're sick and tired of it that's how it really goes. The only thing I would remember if I'm a consumer is that I saw it in Manny's fight, I saw that ad when Manny won the fight, I won't be pissed by that. It's not like, "I won't buy that product because I saw it so many times during the boxing fight that I saw last Sunday morning. All the airings of those commercials depend on the contract that they agreed upon. And this long commercial breaks has been the case ever since before, Tyson fights...Penalosa, Espinosa fights that I’m pretty much sure that you do not know care about before because it’s not as talked about as what Manny Pacquiao is right now.
You hate it, you don’t like it that’s why you call it stupid. That's what you mean.
I wonder how more aggravated you are right now if the other national anthems were shown during the fight.
Lean, you hate the Lakers , you hate Pacquiao, you hate what's in and all the crazes. It's OK.
