Pop-Up Ads on TV! No way!

[EmporerEJ]

Originally Posted by RawAlex

The more advanced systems replaced that soft drink ad with a computer "blank spot" that can have different ads on it during re-runs or in syndication, or potentially different ads for different cities.

Baseball and football have been doing this for years...
And product placement is nothing new.

What we're talking about here are the obnoxious little animations that run across the bottom 3rd of the screen right in the middle of what you're watching. And if you ask me, they've crossed the line.
It's bad enough they had 10 minutes of commercials per star trek episode in the late 60's
Now, it's down to 35-43 minutes of program hour.
But then they have to add an overlay pop-up?
I don't think so.