Ban SNIPES Now! Drop Those Irritating TV Ad Streamers

Okay, this may sound petty, but I’m fed-up.  It’s those dag-nabbed Snipes.  Know what I’m talking about?  Those highly infuriating in-your-face TV ads that stream across the bottom of your screen, advertising another movie or program, distracting from and even blocking parts of scenes from the movie or program you are presently watching.

Yes, people have been complaining to the network stations about this.  No, thus far, station networks are simply ignoring the complaints and continue to interrupt and invade our program watching with intrusive animated ads, blocking subtitles for example and other parts of movie and program scenes, while doing so.  On top of that, they even superimpose large TV station logos that are set at the corner of the screen, all the way through a program or movie.  It’s quite put-offing!

I say that we viewer/consumers don’t have to take it.  After all, they do it because they think they have the power (might makes right) to do it.  We, the average viewer, are too passive and think we can’t do anything about it.

We could unite and say enough is enough!  Perhaps we should threaten them with a “We refuse-to-watch” day (or week, or month even).  Whatever it takes to get their attention and show them that we mean business.  They need to get the message: Quit interrupting our programs with your Snipes, Streamers, and Logos.  Do your advertising during the commercial-break, not plopped right over the ongoing show or movie itself.

How hard can it be to get a movement going?  Use your Facebook and Twitter connections.  Call it what you will: “Quit Sniping” day or “We Refuse to Watch Snipes” day, or whatever.  We can commit ourselves to collectively turn off the TV in unison and show the networks that we mean business.  What’s our message?  NO more SNIPES!  We will no longer tolerate the rude interruption of our favorite programs and movies by these annoying graphic animated ads scrolling across our TV screens.

Remember, their business depends on our viewing habits.  If they lose viewers, they’re out of business.  If we mean what we say, they’ll have to listen.  After all, they do depend on us being faithful viewers.