Watching TV Series Online - The price to pay

Watching TV series online on video sharing websites is not as smooth going as one might think. Some streams are agonizingly slow, stutter or the worst, cut off the last few minutes of an episode. Most of these sites advertise too, in different manners. Plain banner ads on the same page are the best you can hope for, but most are animated and distracting while you watch. Pop up ads are prevalent too, with a mandatory click through before being able to press "play".

But this one is a first, a pop up that locks down the video until you complete a survey.

emily | 3:30 PM | Advertising / Marketing |
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Some advertising is annoying - such as the banner ads on Tidal TV. How can they expect you to watch a show when there's an animated banner flashing at you? Other sites such as Hulu get it right. I don't mind watching a commercial if its done right. You have to pay the bills somehow.

Posted by: geraldz | August 20, 2008 2:20 PM

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