Tickers and Me
You know those tickers at the bottom of all our favorite T.V. channels these days? Well, I love to hate them. I cannot give either the show or the tickers my full attention. Just when I see something interesting in the ticker, I have already missed something on the show.
Even worse than missing the content, I have usually missed the first part of the ticker, so all I know for sure is what happened, not usually who it happened to. Therefore I am forced to re-watch the entire ticker again to figure out who the info is about, inevitably separated by at least one commercial break. And what happens then? First, I don’t care, and second, I have missed more content on the show. Anyone else feel my pain?
October 21st, 2007 at 3:00 am
Oh I feel your pain. Sometimes I like watching Animal Planet, and some animal overlays start popping up on the screen. And the news channels are the worst! The ticker has nothing to do with what they’re saying. I’ve actually was watching a show and the freaking overlay in the corner was making sound, that’s even more annoying I just get fed up and change channels. I hear that’s the future of advertising on TV. I hope not.
November 27th, 2007 at 5:02 am
I know exactly what you mean. I do pay attention to the tickers, but like you said, you have already missed something on the tv that you were watching. I have noticed that, the tickers on the news channel, does relay some news, but also they relay what is going on with celebrities. Tickers are really a good thing when you want to know what’s going on, but at the same time you want to be able to watch your favorite tv show as well.
December 4th, 2007 at 9:20 pm
It has also happened with me many times, but after visiting there categorized forums the problem can be solved.