20-04-2023, 09:55 AM
Of course it could be far worse; just look at America, which is at the point of 41 minutes of programme for every hour; adverts are near enough one third of the hour for pre-recorded content, and this isn't just in peak/prime time either, I believe that's across the whole day.
Some entity on Quora suggests the US used to have advert limitations but somebody waved the First Amendment around and had those quashed (I doubt the reliability of Quora which to me seems a modern incarnation of Yahoo Answers, which was itself a virtual looney bin) so how true that is I don't know. The separation seems to have gone out the window as well, so wouldn't be surprised if its not obvious whether what you're watching is programme or advert sometimes.
Some entity on Quora suggests the US used to have advert limitations but somebody waved the First Amendment around and had those quashed (I doubt the reliability of Quora which to me seems a modern incarnation of Yahoo Answers, which was itself a virtual looney bin) so how true that is I don't know. The separation seems to have gone out the window as well, so wouldn't be surprised if its not obvious whether what you're watching is programme or advert sometimes.