Viewer of last week's Merseyside derby were probably already feeling disgruntled as a spectacularly boring football match stretched into extra time towards the seemingly inevitable spectacle of penalties, but then ITV really stuck the boot in.
Viewers who had endured almost two hours of the game were rewarded with an advert break in the second half of extra time when the only goal of the game was scored.
An automated ad system was to blame, leaving Liverpool fans forever associating Tic Tacs with the bitter taste of FA cup defeat.
Viewers who had endured almost two hours of the game were rewarded with an advert break in the second half of extra time when the only goal of the game was scored.
An automated ad system was to blame, leaving Liverpool fans forever associating Tic Tacs with the bitter taste of FA cup defeat.
Comments (2)
The breaks on ITV are simply too long and too frequent - and it's no surprise that they showed the extra break during the football rather than go back to the studio until they got the pictures back! I can't believe that they're actually thinking about having more breaks from September!
Posted by FRANK | April 20, 2009 12:24 PM
Posted on April 20, 2009 12:24
Yeah. Hopefully it will all culminate in people stopping watching television altogehter. Adverts make me hate TV.
Posted by zoozie Jones | October 4, 2009 10:09 PM
Posted on October 4, 2009 22:09