09-05-2023, 08:30 PM
I’m glad most of the presumably world had adverts during Alesha Dixon section, which took an unexpected turn.
(09-05-2023, 08:40 PM)JMT1985 Wrote:(09-05-2023, 08:29 PM)Gary McEwan Wrote: Are the BBC putting in ad breaks for the European channels that normally take the ad breaks instead of the chit chat?Every year, the contest has padding for countries that do not air commercial breaks. Not new this.
(09-05-2023, 08:53 PM)Gary McEwan Wrote:Why would they do that? Countries which take ad breaks themselves don’t give countries that don’t 2 minutes of a blank screen when they host.(09-05-2023, 08:40 PM)JMT1985 Wrote: Every year, the contest has padding for countries that do not air commercial breaks. Not new this.
Yeah I know it does, but given the BBC are the host broadcaster it made me wonder if they would be doing the whole thing without an ad break for the international channels that are taking the coverage.
(09-05-2023, 08:53 PM)Gary McEwan Wrote:It's part of the format, there's not much in terms of the structure of the show that the host broadcaster can change, just artistic stuff. It's the EBUs show(09-05-2023, 08:40 PM)JMT1985 Wrote: Every year, the contest has padding for countries that do not air commercial breaks. Not new this.
Yeah I know it does, but given the BBC are the host broadcaster it made me wonder if they would be doing the whole thing without an ad break for the international channels that are taking the coverage.
(09-05-2023, 08:40 PM)JMT1985 Wrote:Also there is a different non commercial version of the show for those broadcasters who are ad free. The main feeds have sponsorship on the stings and graphics. If you have the app the splash screen of that gives an idea of the sponsorship(09-05-2023, 08:29 PM)Gary McEwan Wrote: Are the BBC putting in ad breaks for the European channels that normally take the ad breaks instead of the chit chat?Every year, the contest has padding for countries that do not air commercial breaks. Not new this.
(09-05-2023, 09:06 PM)Stooky Bill Wrote:i.imgur.com(09-05-2023, 08:53 PM)Gary McEwan Wrote: Yeah I know it does, but given the BBC are the host broadcaster it made me wonder if they would be doing the whole thing without an ad break for the international channels that are taking the coverage.It's part of the format, there's not much in terms of the structure of the show that the host broadcaster can change, just artistic stuff. It's the EBUs show
That said some ideas catch on and become regular features, like the flag parade
(09-05-2023, 08:40 PM)JMT1985 Wrote: Every year, the contest has padding for countries that do not air commercial breaks. Not new this.Also there is a different non commercial version of the show for those broadcasters who are ad free. The main feeds have sponsorship on the stings and graphics. If you have the app the splash screen of that gives an idea of the sponsorship