Television

Advert Noise Pollution
A call for TV companies to limit the volume of adverts and trailers to absolutely no more than (and preferably less than), the volume of the programme they are accompanying. At the moment, adverts and trailers are very offensively loud when compared to the volume of the TV programs they accompany. This forces people to have to reach for the remote each time the adverts come on and causes a particular problem for people when late night viewing. If one is not quick enough to re-adjust the level when the adverts come on, the sudden jump in volume is so loud that it can quite easily awaken others asleep in the house and even the neighbours. And all of that aside, it is just not nice to be blasted out when you haven't requested it and don't want it! Offensive and rude! YES! We would like to see it, therefore, made an offence to broadcast adverts and trailers at a volume that exceeds the programmes they are accompanying.

BBC Film And Data Library Access
A call for the BBC to put its documentaries and other useful and interesting film data in a library accessible from the internet so that people can freely download the material for personal use. As the BBC is a public corporation it would be nice if its material was accessible to the public on a continual basis, now that we have the technological infrastructure to achieve this. The BBC has made some wonderful documentaries etc, in the past, such as the Horizon programmes. It is a real shame that such programmes are shown just once, perhaps never to be seen again. This is a waste of talent, information, education and opportunity.

Press Red & Text Flash
A call for the television companies to get rid of the interactive buttons prompts which pop up and sit there annoyingly in the top corner of the screen while you are trying to watch a programme. Likewise, the text flashes announcing the next programme that are transmitted just before the end of the film you are watching, often at the most crucial and poignant part of the film. For many people this simply spoils the illusion and the quality of the picture viewing. After all, if we want to know what's on during a programme, we can check for ourselves. Likewise, if we want to press red, we can do so, without prompting. But if TV companies insist on flashing next programme information, they could at least wait until the credits begin to roll and the film itself has ended, thereby allowing the viewer to finish their viewing, and the illusion, uninterrupted.

TV Company Cooperation
A call for TV companies to work together more in favour of serving the customer a reasonable choice rather than competing for the same audience. As a serving enterprise or corporation, one's prime motive should be the interests of the people one is serving. As a consumer, it is in our best interest to be served with the widest and most efficient service possible. It does not therefore present a very healthy service when the serving bodies are resorting to competing to win the same cross section of audience. It would therefore be better if the TV companies could work together to offer a complementary service to the people who should ultimately matter, the viewers.

Sky Sports' Football Monopoly
A suggestion that all important football matches should available to be screened on free view television. Ever since Sky Television became a reality, money has been the name of the game, to the extent where average people, who already pay their TV license fee, are now asked to pay extra for just about everything else. Ok, perhaps this is acceptable when it comes to films and even channels that were previously unavailable, such as the Discovery Channels, however, having something that used to be freely available to all taken away for the benefit of the privileged few is quite outrageous and unacceptable. Football is a national sport and is enjoyed by millions of people. When England play an international game it should be screened on free view television so that everyone can share in it and all other important matches also. To let money rule everything, regardless, is a mistake. To think that people who pay their license fee cannot watch Chelsea play Monaco at home, when they are representing England in the semi-final of the Champion's League, is a poor show. If the public had been unable to free view the 2005 Champion's League game between Chelsea and Barcelona, it would have been a crime against humanity (fortunately, it was screened on ITV). The same can be said for any important match when we are depriving thousands of children the enjoyment of a national heritage. So come on Sky, you don't need to keep depriving the bulk of the nation of its national sport for the sake of a few more dollars do you?

Sky Sports' Cricket Monopoly
Not content to stifle the football from the masses, Sky now want to deprive everyone, bar the rich, of the cricket as well. Nice one Sky! How wonderful it is to live in world where the only thing that matters is money!