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I love TV!

By Susan Cregan on May 21st, 2009

I do love television. I love watching it, I love talking about it, and I love reading recaps of the shows I just watched the night before. It works out well that I am in media so I can pretend that all the tv I watch is necessary research for my job. [...]

Stop! My ears are bleeding

By Susan Cregan on April 2nd, 2009

Ad Age reported on March 16th that a California state rep introduced has H.R. 6209. It is also pleasantly known as the “Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act”. What do they want? Softer commercials. When do they want it? During their favorite television shows.
While I get the [...]

Tivos, DVRs and Timeshifted viewing – Oh my!

By Susan Cregan on March 6th, 2009

So, the audience watching timeshifted tv has increased by 36% from the previous year. Locally, 26% of Rochesterarians have DVRs. That means more and more people are able to fast forward through your commercials that were so lovingly created. How can we be sure that people are actually seeing the commercials and [...]