- TV pollution
TV Pollution is stuff on the screen that's 100 percent non relevant to the show
In the Day
Back in the day, TV viewing was wonderful as we didn't get our screens filled with this stuff. However, some folks had this ingenious idea of advertising programmes that are coming up.
Oxygen
Back a few years ago, Oxygen went a step further and decided to put advertisements on the screen while putting the show in a 16:9
wide screen formatGuilty Parties
The guilty parties who are currently the worst offenders are the following:
Scripps Networks (You may know their stations such asHGTV and other DIY networksDiscovery Networks Discovery Channel Fit TV Discovery Health Turner Broadcast Systems TBS (they even did an audible one showing the upcoming baseball game)WGN America has even gotten to the ball gameNews Stations
This is not talking about the news stations or any emergency broadcasts that are needed to inform of a upcoming storm or crises.
References
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_on-screen_graphic#North_America an example on how this is used in sports broadcasting in a good way]
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