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posted by martyb on Sunday September 27 2015, @12:03PM   Printer-friendly
from the who-watches-TV? dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

According to a report from AdAge, every single network drama that aired on Tuesday night experienced a double-digit decline in ratings. And aside from a decent showing from The Muppets, the report relays that there have been few bright spots to the start of this year's fall TV lineup.

[...] All told, cumulative viewership during "Premiere Week", as it's called, is down 8% compared to the same period a year-ago. More worrisome for TV networks is that viewership from the highly sought-after 18-24 demographic is down 20% year over year, with male viewership within that demographic falling by 24%.

Males in the 18-24 demographic are the most coveted in advertising because that's when studies show brand preferences are formed. 24% is a catastrophic decline for TV.

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  • (Score: 2) by stormreaver on Sunday September 27 2015, @01:06PM

    by stormreaver (5101) on Sunday September 27 2015, @01:06PM (#242205)

    I'm running into sites where adblock doesn't work anymore

    Adblock has become corrupt, as it now accepts payment from advertisers to bypass blocking. NoScript is much better.

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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by Techwolf on Sunday September 27 2015, @04:34PM

    by Techwolf (87) on Sunday September 27 2015, @04:34PM (#242254)

    AdBlock does not. But Adblock Plus (a seperate company and product) does this.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AdBlock [wikipedia.org]
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adblock_Plus [wikipedia.org]

    • (Score: 2) by Tork on Sunday September 27 2015, @05:56PM

      by Tork (3914) on Sunday September 27 2015, @05:56PM (#242273)
      This is exactly why trademarks are important.
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      Slashdolt Logic: "25 year old jokes about sharks and lasers are +5, Funny." 💩

    • (Score: 2) by stormreaver on Sunday September 27 2015, @06:01PM

      by stormreaver (5101) on Sunday September 27 2015, @06:01PM (#242279)

      Sure enough, I got the two confused.

    • (Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Sunday September 27 2015, @09:47PM

      by NotSanguine (285) <NotSanguineNO@SPAMSoylentNews.Org> on Sunday September 27 2015, @09:47PM (#242353) Homepage Journal

      AdBlock does not. But Adblock Plus (a seperate company and product) does this.
      " rel="url2html-3543">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AdBlock
       
      " rel="url2html-3543">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adblock_Plus

      What you say is true. AdBlockPlus Does have a whitelist for "acceptable" ads [adblockplus.org] (N.B., I don't consider *any* ads to be acceptable -- That's ABP's term), however it is easily disabled with a check box. Which is mentioned in the Wikipedia link [wikipedia.org] you posted.

      As such, unless you're allergic to checkboxes, it's not a big deal, IMHO.

      P.S. It's "separate" not "seperate [wiktionary.org]"

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