Ad Council Ads

[mcg973]

What is going on with all of the Ad Council ads appearing on FIOS cable channels (espn, cnbc, cnn, fox news, tnt, etc)? I see "Discover the Forest" ads and Recycling ads two times in a row usually four times each per hour. This is in addition to the "Love has no bias" ads which also play 4x per hour as well. While these causes are all fine, this is completely obnoxious. No other cable provider I see plays these ads at all let alone to the extent FIOS plays them.

Does anyone else constantly see these.

Verizon, can you please explain the barrage of these Ad Council ads over the past few months?

[CRobGauth]

First off this is mainly a peer to peer support forum.

And I can't say I see these commercials much or at all.

Now that stupid Peter Pan Geico commercial, that needs to go.

[dspsteve]

"And I can't say I see these commercials much or at all" Seriously? Watch television much? The "Love Has No Labels" as well as other Ad Council ads run continuously and constantly on most channels.

[Justin46]

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@dspsteve wrote:
"And I can't say I see these commercials much or at all" Seriously? Watch television much? The "Love Has No Labels" as well as other Ad Council ads run continuously and constantly on most channels.

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Probably depends on where you are located. I am retired and have some health issues so I watch quite a bit of TV and I don't think I have ever seen any Ad Council ads. Or of course maybe I just don't watch the correct channels....

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Justin
FiOS TV: Extreme HD, Internet: 50/50, Digital Voice
VMS Enhanced Service: 1 server, 2 clients
Keller, TX 76248 (VHO 1)

[dspsteve]

Justin wrote : "Probably depends on where you are located. I am retired and have some health issues so I watch quite a bit of TV and I don't think I have ever seen any Ad Council ads"

Hi Justin,

I'm sorry to hear about your health issues. I am also retired, and I watch television a lot, perhaps more than I should. I live in Southern California, although I suspect that the ads I and poster mcg973 are referrring to are shown throughout the country on the channels mcg973 indicated (espn, cnbc, cnn, fox news, tnt, etc). Reread mcg973's post as to the Ad Council ads we are referring. Our government funds the Ad Council, and if you Google "Ad Council commercials obnoxious" you will find others who are upset over these commercials and our governments waste of tax dollars. Both mcg973 and I are complaining not about the ads per se BUT over the Amount of these ads shown continuously on Verizon.  

Thanks for replying and enjoy your retirement. 

[Justin46]

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@dspsteve wrote:

Justin wrote : "Probably depends on where you are located. I am retired and have some health issues so I watch quite a bit of TV and I don't think I have ever seen any Ad Council ads"

Hi Justin,

I'm sorry to hear about your health issues. I am also retired, and I watch television a lot, perhaps more than I should. I live in Southern California, although I suspect that the ads I and poster mcg973 are referrring to are shown throughout the country on the channels mcg973 indicated (espn, cnbc, cnn, fox news, tnt, etc). Reread mcg973's post as to the Ad Council ads we are referring. Our government funds the Ad Council, and if you Google "Ad Council commercials obnoxious" you will find others who are upset over these commercials and our governments waste of tax dollars. Both mcg973 and I are complaining not about the ads per se BUT over the Amount of these ads shown continuously on Verizon.  

Thanks for replying and enjoy your retirement. 

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Hi Steve,

Thanks, I am enjoying retirement despite the health issues, been doing so for 13 years now. For the past 4 months have been trying hard to improve my situation, have had some success - have lost 30 pounds, got my diabetes under control at least for now, and through some treatment have reduced the neuropathy issues with my feet at least some. So yeah, I too watch too much TV, but when winter goes away, who knows.... 

Regarding the ads on TV, I watch a lot of ESPN, CNN, and Fox News, never CNBC, and occasionally TNT, but honestly I do not think I have ever seen one of their ads. And if I had and they were repeated constantly I think I would remember them. That is why I theorized that maybe it is geographic. But now that I am aware of them I will be on the lookout.

Anyway, I hope you also enjoy your retirement.

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Justin
FiOS TV: Extreme HD, Internet: 50/50, Digital Voice
VMS Enhanced Service: 1 server, 2 clients
Keller, TX 76248 (VHO 1) 

[tns2]

Only some ads are from Verizon.  Most are from the channel in question.

Having never seen the ones you are mentioning, I would think these are NOT from Verizon.

[dspsteve]

"What is going on with all of  the Ad Council ads"

You are not alone in your irritation of all of these ads from the Ad Council that play continuously and ad nauseam on Verizon.  These barrage of ads are not only obnoxious but as you indicated,  severely lessen the viewing experience on Verizon. From Wikipedia: "It has been labeled by historian Robert Griffith as "little more than a domestic propaganda arm of the federal overnment".  I suspect that like most of the mainstream media, the Ad Council has a Liberal agenda.

Before I switched to Verizon almost two year years ago I was a long-time Time Warner customer. I can attest that there were no proliferation of Ad Council ads on Time Warner. Perhaps a Verizon executive will read our comments (and the complaints of others) and at least reduce the number of ads.

[RFK25]

I am a FIOS customer lving in Southern Westchester County, New York. In response to this subject discussed, I can attest that we see these ads continually across all Cable channels- ESPN, CNN, MSNBC, HGTV, Bravo. They're beyond annoying and definitely lead to viewer distraction and take away from the FIOS viewing experience.. I can't reach for the remote quick enough. 

If you have a Viamedia- (they are the ad sales unit for Verison FIOS)- contact in your area, please calland complain to them as well.

[tns2]

Justin is in Texas and I am in Florida, and I never saw the ads here in FL.  But I DID see some when I was at my NY home.  So it probably is regional targeting, rather than National ads.

Some studies have shown that ad do better if repeated in a short time span.  I've seen some ads OTA, so not Verizon inserted, repeated in the same commercial break.  Since at least one was for a local company I knew the owner of, I asked him and yes that is what he was paying for.

No idea what the Ad Council wants in term of their ads.

[mcg973]

I posted this message originally so I am glad to see other people are seeing this and I am not losing my mind.

I live in New Jersey so seems like they traverse the country.

These ads went away for about a month but seem to have returned. They no longer play the Discover the Forest Ads, but I still see Love Has No Labels and the Recycling ads.

Hopefully they all stop soon!

[tns2]

Its all what the Ad concil is paying for in various markets Not specifically what Verizon is doing other than accepting  ads.  I have actually rarely seen any of the ads being mentioned in Florida.  I did see them more often on NY.

[maffonso]

I too live in Southern Westchester with FIOS. It is beyond annoying to see the Recycle ad continuously 6 times an hour!! I watch the cable 'news' programs. CNN/FOX/MSNBC. The Reycle Commercial is idiotic and plays three times per session. I switch to the other channel then switch back when it is over. I have also STOPPED recycling specifically due to this commercial. Anyone know who are FIOS is responsible for this?

[Wireman525]

Getting an honest answer on this topic from Verizion is next to impossible, I'll give you my suspicions as to why I'm see 4 back to back recycle bottle PSA spots.

It was mentioned that the cable channels control PSAs broadcast incertions. This may be partally true. However, Verizon's Ad Sales also have PSAs they can and do incert locally for any given area.

I suspect that Vesizon is losing revenue and does not have clients to fill the commercial air-time spots.  They use these PSAs to fill this void.  This becomes a business write-off for lost revenue. 

I suspect that this is a tell-tail sign of a bigger problem for Verizon.  The playing field for Verizon to build its FIOS platform in New Jersey was not by the same rules that cable companies had to conform to to win a franchise in any particular town.

Verizon, (through deep pockets and political connections) were able to "pick & choose" the towns they wanted to build out.

Verizon has stopped its investment in anymore building FIOS in NJ towns. If this is true, (I am only speculating here) As our economy struggles, people are looking for more choices in TV viewing at a cheaper cost.  This in turn lowers Verizon's viewership as well as ad sales revenue. Without paying advertisers, Verizon has no why to fill the air-time spots so they run PSAs back to back twice for 4 repeats. 

[tns2]

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@Wireman525 wrote:

Getting an honest answer on this topic from Verizion is next to impossible, I'll give you ...

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You do know that these Forums are Peer to Peer.  Verizon Forum admins may occasionally respond, but then usually to problems that need escalating to support.  They will not respond to posts like yours.