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Hey, I watched the NBA playoffs on (slightly illegal) internet broadcasts.

Jamaican TV was very fun. Banks advertising with a local accent : "Hey mon ! We got the coolest mortgage rate aroond !"

But on US channels, the amount of military advertising was sobering, with such concepts as "the Marines teamwork play of the day !" cited a dozen times a game - and the way it was much more integrated in the broadcast, with the commentators integrating the sponsors in their commentary..

Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères

by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Sat Sep 6th, 2008 at 06:47:35 PM EST
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Well, they need soldiers if they're to continue.

The integration of it with the commentary just reflects how good the commentators were.  I know what you mean.  "And now it's time for the Mountain Dew Brett Favre fuck-up of the week, and for that we'll turn it over to Sarah Palin on the sidelines."

Be nice to America. Or we'll bring democracy to your country.

by Drew J Jones (pedobear@pennstatefootball.com) on Sat Sep 6th, 2008 at 07:43:34 PM EST
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Those things simply don't happen, or very rarely so, in France... Any advertisement has to be preceded by a specific jingle, among other things. And Although the military does advertise, it is quite rare.

Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères
by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Sat Sep 6th, 2008 at 09:28:42 PM EST
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