-=> George White said to Greg Mayman
 -=> about "{at}%^{at}#$%^ VEROBOARD" on 03-28-04  23:14.....

 GW> Ouch! In the UK they are legally limited to, I think, 7 minutes
 GW> adverts per hour.

The UK system is what I would prefer!

Years ago the commercial TV broadcasters were legally limited to
about 10 minutes/hr, but then the gummint decided in its wisdom
that the business would be better run by "self regulation".

Ha bloody ha!!! 

When has history _ever_ shown that a business making its own
rules does anything other than grab all that it can?

There isn't enough competition with three networks to force them
to provide a service more pleasing to the viewers. OTOH, most of
their viewers are idiots enough to accept the situation as
reasonable.

 GW> I don't think they edit anything down in the UK. They normally run 15
 GW> of 20 minutes between advert blocks (depending on the length of the
 GW> program).

Most of the British programs we see on the ABC seem to be about
25 minutes, with the remainder filled with news breaks and
program promos.

Hmmm... I suppose TV is on-topic...  we may get away with this
conversation this time 

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