[mythtv-users] Disable Mythical Bookmark

Mike Holden mikeholden99+mythtv at gmail.com
Fri Oct 21 02:57:06 UTC 2016


On 20 October 2016 at 23:02, Mark Perkins <perkins1724 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> It is deliberate. It is done to try and 'bridge' (i believe is the industry
> term) viewers from one show to the next. Ie you run the popular show 10min
> over, at which time you have missed the start of competing shows on other
> channels so viewers tend to just keep watching the follow-on show. Some
> Australian networks are much more aggressive in the practice than others.
>
> Further reading (see scheduling practices sections).
> https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcast_programming
>
>
Running late I can understand, but why would they start 5-10 minutes early?
Anyone who wants to watch and tunes in to see it already underway, will
probably switch over to another channel instead. I just don't get it. This
will surely lose them viewers rather than gain some?
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