Quote: Originally posted by jeff juke on 23/11/2015
I watch Homes under the hammer too.I would like to know who spends the time to get a piece of music to fit what their talking about eg..If a room is all white with say black curtains somebody goes off and finds a piece of music like Creams "White Room" must take hours to find a piece..
Ha, Ha.
I've noticed the "topical music", but never even considered there would actually be someone employed for the job! I'm no music buff/lover, but it sounds a cushy little number to me. I wonder where we apply, should a vacancy come up!
I feel I am being WATCHED through the TV screen. After the News, they always say, 'and now the news where you are' and on comes South East Today. How do they KNOW I am in the South East? They must be watching! I have taken to shouting 'I'm in Cornwall!' at the telly just before the local news but it's no use, they still know I am in the south east and show South East Today ...... and don't get me started about piano music ! (wink!)
Quote: Originally posted by Mike313 on 24/11/2015
After the News, they always say, 'and now the news where you are' and on comes South East Today. How do they KNOW I am in the South East?
Father in law lives in Yorkshire, we want to see his weather forecast when we visit so we can plan what to do. Oh no, he gets NW (Manchester) news & weather, he didn't know why. Google told us it's because he watches TV in HD (we can't see the difference from the ordinary picture.... he expects it to be better because he's been told it is?) and Yorkshire doesn't transmit in HD.
Quote: Originally posted by Mike313 on 24/11/2015After the News, they always say, 'and now the news where you are' and on comes South East Today. How do they KNOW I am in the South East?
Father in law lives in Yorkshire, we want to see his weather forecast when we visit so we can plan what to do. Oh no, he gets NW (Manchester) news & weather, he didn't know why. Google told us it's because he watches TV in HD (we can't see the difference from the ordinary picture.... he expects it to be better because he's been told it is?) and Yorkshire doesn't transmit in HD.
Even on ITV we get adds for kent trying to get us to shop in Canterbury etc!
The same here in Norfolk, if we want to watch the local bbc news we have to watch in non hd or else we get the kent news!
The reason they do a "Coming up later in the programme" and repeat it several times is simply to fill the time required. They can't be bothered to create anything more or the programme topic is so narrow there is no more they can add... Simples
At a time of austerity, when the BBC is looking at major cuts to a number of services, you cant really blame them for not investing the extra millions (billions?) on bringing every local studio, camera, link between locations etc up to HD standard. It's not really difficult to select the SD channel to watch your local news!
The way that people watch TV is changing ... many will channel surf, many will stream, and many will catch up. Not everybody watches live TV via a local transmitter and while there are several hundred alternatives available, is it not reasonable that broadcasters will try to retain those currently viewing by tempting them to watch 'what's coming up' and also providing a brief 'what's happened' to those who have just started watching. They are, after all, judged on and/or earn income from their viewing figures.
Some of us enjoy the musical accompaniment to both drama and documentary, which will often provide a further revenue stream to the TV company.
Quote: Originally posted by LlaniDavis on 23/11/2015
Quote: Originally posted by moppetsdad on 22/11/2015 Is it just me? I confess I am getting well and truely pee'd off with the constant piano playing on almost every flipping program on TV at the moment, it seems as though the producers have more piano players than they know what to do with so they get them to bash away playing some clonkly old excuse for a tune and do it far too loudly, so loud that half the time you have a job to hear what is being said!!! GRRRRRRRRRRRRR !
Simple answer..............turn it off!
Solves the problem.
Quote: Originally posted by Hedgehugger on 23/11/2015
I think they are assuming that the viewing population has the attention span of a gnat and will flutter off somewhere else if not constantly exhorted to stay with the channel. Shrinking of credits in favour of trailers is something that annoys me too.
Its like being at the old time cinema. When the credits came on everyone was making a dash for the exit to avoid having to stand still during the playing of "God Save The Queen. "
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