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Balls. So if anyone hasn't noticed, 4oD have made it so that you must have all your ad-blockers disabled in order to watch videos on their sites. That said, ad-blockers work on YouTube and all their content should be mirrored there.
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CydonianKnight posted:Balls. So if anyone hasn't noticed, 4oD have made it so that you must have all your ad-blockers disabled in order to watch videos on their sites. All of their Youtube content is blocked in the UK though. Oh well back to files for the rare occasion that c4 broadcast something good.
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Jan 26, 2012 18:17
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keep punching joe posted:All of their Youtube content is blocked in the UK though.
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Jan 26, 2012 18:20
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keep punching joe posted:All of their Youtube content is blocked in the UK though.
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Jan 26, 2012 18:58
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True story I saw 1 (one) advert before a 4OD programme and I nearly died from the horror of it all.Padje posted:I watched Skins on dvd (and only on dvd) and this bit was definitely there.
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Jan 26, 2012 19:27
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It wouldn't be so bad if it weren't the same two to three adverts every single ad break. Nor if when it cut out and the page had to be reloaded that you then had to sit through SIX adverts (the same set of 3 repeated twice) to get back to where you were.
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Jan 26, 2012 20:45
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Paperhouse posted:it's very witty . If only it were real life, so I could marry Rory and have Lorelai as my step-mum. Pablo Bluth fucked around with this message at 20:53 on Jan 26, 2012 |
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Jan 26, 2012 20:51
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CydonianKnight posted:It wouldn't be so bad if it weren't the same two to three adverts every single ad break. Nor if when it cut out and the page had to be reloaded that you then had to sit through SIX adverts (the same set of 3 repeated twice) to get back to where you were. Ergonomic keyboard
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Jan 26, 2012 21:49
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Let's keep our fingers crossed! http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/jan/26/mark-thompson-readiness-step-down-bbc quote:Mark Thompson, the BBC's director general, has signalled to senior colleagues that he is ready to step down, with insiders believing he will quit at the end of 2012 or early in 2013, at the end of the broadcaster's Olympic year.
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Jan 26, 2012 23:31
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Steve Higginson posted:Ergonomic keyboard That whole scene has been rendered utterly unfunny because the amount of times I saw it pre-blocker.
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Jan 26, 2012 23:36
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Yeah seriously I've no problem with Channel 4 wanting to make money from adverts on their content but their whole advertising model is loving obnoxious. Having the same few adverts on constant repeat, having to watch all the ads if you're just trying to find a particular clip of the programme, and having to reload stuff to make it work on a poor connection and then having to sit through every ad break again while you skip back to where you were, makes the service intolerable. I agree that without adblocker its not worth using at all. And its painfully reminiscent of the whole Black Mirror content-won't-continue-til-your-eyes-are-on-the-screen thing.
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Jan 27, 2012 00:52
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incredible bear posted:All I've heard about Borgen is that HEY GUYS IT'S GOT PEOPLE FROM THE KILLING IN IT. Which is great, only I haven't got around to watching The Killing yet, and I haven't actually heard anyone, yourself included, actually say that it's brilliant TV that must be watched. It's good. It basically asks the question 'what would happen if a good person became a world leader?', and in that respect the influence of The West Wing is obvious. However, I think it's really well put together and pretty much the only good thing on TV at the moment. I'd recommend giving it a go. You can do a series catch-up on the iPlayer.
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Jan 27, 2012 01:24
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Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy is really embarrassingly bad.
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Jan 27, 2012 14:25
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FirstPersonShitter posted:Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy is really embarrassingly bad. Yeah it was pretty loving terrible, I mean I expected it to be bad but jeez.
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Jan 27, 2012 16:03
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Yeah  What the heck. It was like boosh with the charm removed.
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Jan 27, 2012 16:04
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Noel Fielding makes faces, wears costumes and says words next to eachother for half an hour. What's to like?
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Jan 27, 2012 17:18
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It'd be hilarious if it ends with Noel Fielding going all bitter. He keeps up his little act but instead of being light slightly unfunny cheeky chap he is the bitter arse. With a cape.
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Jan 27, 2012 17:23
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I just found this video [in the latest b3ta] of the channel 4 continuity guys not saying the simpsons https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=hS7be8PqktI I hadn't caught this on TV before and found it hilarious. Anyone know if there's a more complete video or is this all of them?
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Jan 27, 2012 18:00
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I found the first sketch pretty funny and then the novelty wore off
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Jan 27, 2012 20:24
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Crankit posted:I just found this video [in the latest b3ta] of the channel 4 continuity guys not saying the simpsons https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=hS7be8PqktI
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Jan 27, 2012 20:32
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Taratang posted:They're still doing it so there should be some more since that went up on youtube. Someone out there is bound to be recording them. Does anyone know why they are doing this? I noticed it in the run up to the Channel 4 Mashup, and presumed it was for that, but it is still going strong! My next guess is some kind of marketing to get people talking about it.
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Jan 27, 2012 20:44
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Luxury Comedy was embarrassing to watch, basically just 20 minutes of Noel Fielding doing the 'lol random' stuff that you do when you're 10 years old. I always thought Boosh had some charm to it ("What is Leeds?" "Leeds is a state of mind.") but this was just godawful. Julian Barratt must be the talented one I guess.
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Jan 27, 2012 20:51
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Captain Mediocre posted:Yeah seriously I've no problem with Channel 4 wanting to make money from adverts on their content but their whole advertising model is loving obnoxious. Having the same few adverts on constant repeat, having to watch all the ads if you're just trying to find a particular clip of the programme, and having to reload stuff to make it work on a poor connection and then having to sit through every ad break again while you skip back to where you were, makes the service intolerable. I agree that without adblocker its not worth using at all. Ad campaigns generally have fairly large impression targets, and to reach those targets (and therefore allow for more campaigns with the different unique adverts you crave) people need to watch content without adblockers. If you watch 4oD with an adblocker on you are adding to the problem, VoD services are struggling enough financially as it is.
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Jan 27, 2012 21:03
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Ein Bear posted:Luxury Comedy was embarrassing to watch, basically just 20 minutes of Noel Fielding doing the 'lol random' stuff that you do when you're 10 years old. I always thought Boosh had some charm to it ("What is Leeds?" "Leeds is a state of mind.") but this was just godawful. Julian Barratt must be the talented one I guess. I couldn't agree more. With some very minor editing, this is a childrens show with no substance or comedy. The best episodes of the Mighty Boosh were the ones with the strongest story to carry the random situations and words, this had nothing to put the randomness next to and make it funny.
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Jan 27, 2012 21:11
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Jollzwhin posted:Ad campaigns generally have fairly large impression targets, and to reach those targets (and therefore allow for more campaigns with the different unique adverts you crave) people need to watch content without adblockers. If you watch 4oD with an adblocker on you are adding to the problem, VoD services are struggling enough financially as it is. I'm not sure thats true, aren't viewing figures for adverts just based on rough projections rather than actual tracking data of how many users streamed x advert exactly? Nor would that change the retarded way their adverts are implemented, the variety of adverts is frankly bottom of my concerns. The fact that advertising in general makes my blood boil also makes it pretty hard to feel sympathy, sorry.
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Jan 27, 2012 21:17
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Captain Mediocre posted:I'm not sure thats true, aren't viewing figures for adverts just based on rough projections rather than actual tracking data of how many users streamed x advert exactly? Advertising wouldn't have such a bad reception if it was implemented well and if it was actually relevant to the user. Good advertising: You're watching a video on youtube, 3/4 if the way through it, a small non distracting popup appears to the side of the video telling you that an ad (which for something very related to the content you just watched) will play once it's done. Bad advertising: Forcing me to watch a loving un-skippable ad about a car before any youtube video. In short, advertising wouldn't be bad if it was used appropriately. In fact, it would be infinitely more effective if irrelevant poo poo wasn't forced down our throats all the time.
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Jan 27, 2012 21:30
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You don't have to go back too many pages to find me commenting on 4oD interrupting a programme to show me an advert for the programme I was watching.
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Fire_Monkey posted:Does anyone know why they are doing this? I noticed it in the run up to the Channel 4 Mashup, and presumed it was for that, but it is still going strong! My next guess is some kind of marketing to get people talking about it. Derren Brown. Possibly. It's hilarious no matter what. If it's marketing, it's working, because I'm tuning in for the end of Come Dine With Me just to see what they say this time!
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Jan 27, 2012 22:37
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Captain Mediocre posted:I'm not sure thats true, aren't viewing figures for adverts just based on rough projections rather than actual tracking data of how many users streamed x advert exactly? They are sold on that principle. However actual advert data is collected, generally by the ad server and also potentially by the creative agency to determine the number of users who actually watched the advert, and if the broadcaster doesn't deliver the specified impressions they have to pay back some of the money. It's actually possible to accurately track VoD advertising views, unlike linear (broadcast). I agree most adverts are terrible, and there's nothing worse than starting a show and seeing some timer telling you there are 150 seconds before the show starts, but these services need to pay for delivery somehow. Bandwidth is cheap (ish), but rights are not.
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I found moments of fielding quite funny. Not that much of it admittedly. But I quite enjoyed the ball, saucer, Pele thing. The plus point is that hopefully this will leave Julian Barrett to appear in some awesome dark thing written by anybody. I like him.
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Jan 27, 2012 23:41
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Ben Soosneb posted:I found moments of fielding quite funny. Not that much of it admittedly. But I quite enjoyed the ball, saucer, Pele thing. I thought the bit with the lion was quite good, the rest of it was the bad parts of boosh without the redeeming features.
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Jollzwhin posted:If you watch 4oD with an adblocker on you are adding to the problem, VoD services are struggling enough financially as it is. If you watch 4oD at all you're adding to the problem, which is that Channel 4 doesn't know it's unusable dogshit and they should just get on with moving it all to Youtube.
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Jan 28, 2012 01:48
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Strawman posted:I thought the bit with the lion was quite good, the rest of it was the bad parts of boosh without the redeeming features. He should have Rich Fulcher on set every time he films anything and just let him ruin every scene in whatever way he sees fit.
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Check out 30:37 on iplayer, BBC 3, How the Brits Rocked for a cynical giggle.
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Jessant posted:He should have Rich Fulcher on set every time he films anything and just let him ruin every scene in whatever way he sees fit. He should just pay for another series of snuff box.
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Jan 28, 2012 02:47
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Jessant posted:He should have Rich Fulcher on set every time he films anything and just let him ruin every scene in whatever way he sees fit. Seriously, we need more Rich Fulcher on telly. And more Snuffbox. Why the gently caress hasn't anyone hired Matt Berry lately either? I don't hate Fielding but it looks like he spent too much time in Barrets shadow and I hope his show flopping will be the boot in his arse to get him motivated and improve.
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Jan 28, 2012 02:56
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With the continuity announcers Simpsons thing, it seems clear to me that they're just having a laugh with it because they've been introducing old episodes of the Simpsons every day for years now and neither they nor their producers give a poo poo. All this talk about a Derren Brown mind experiment is really far-fetched, first of all because it doesn't reach anything like a large, targeted audience and isn't a suggestion of any kind, and secondly because all that stuff he claims to do to hypnotise people isn't real, he uses magic tricks and dresses them up as psychological manipulation.
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Jan 28, 2012 03:04
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SeanBeansShako posted:Seriously, we need more Rich Fulcher on telly. And more Snuffbox. Why the gently caress hasn't anyone hired Matt Berry lately either? He was in that sweetie advert, puzzlers or summat.
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Jan 28, 2012 03:39
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Hoops posted:he uses magic tricks and dresses them up as psychological manipulation. This is a really bizarre way of seeing it. As I see it, magic tricks are inherently psychological manipulation dressed up with mysticism.
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Hoops posted:With the continuity announcers Simpsons thing, it seems clear to me that they're just having a laugh with it because they've been introducing old episodes of the Simpsons every day for years now and neither they nor their producers give a poo poo. Personally, Snuff Box is one of the only series that come under "must-watch dark/cult comedy" lists that I really didn't get along with. It was imaginitive, at least the first episode was, but not very funny barring a couple of exceptional sketches.
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