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| Thread ID: 86328 | 2008-01-12 23:23:00 | Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? | Roscoe (6288) | PC World Chat |
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| 629828 | 2008-01-12 23:23:00 | I am certain that you have all watched the programme at sometime. I think that there is a great lack of noticeable sponsorship of any kind on the programme. There is no mention of any product and there is no mention where the money comes from, but they manage to go through quite a few thousand pounds every week night. Someone is putting up a lot of money for the show. So where does the money come from? The studio that makes the programme? |
Roscoe (6288) | ||
| 629829 | 2008-01-12 23:28:00 | Send them an email and find out. | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 629830 | 2008-01-12 23:42:00 | There's an on-going writers' guild strike here . . . and there must be a lot of payola and free money floating around . . besides the broadcasting studios are needing to keep an audience so maybe they are coughing up the dough . I personally don't watch it . . . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 629831 | 2008-01-13 00:07:00 | I always thought you had to pay to A) Go watch the show B) Be one of the contestants (I think you had to pay even if you weren't picked) But I could be wrong. |
--Wolf-- (128) | ||
| 629832 | 2008-01-13 00:43:00 | I am certain that you have all watched the programme at sometime . I think that there is a great lack of noticeable sponsorship of any kind on the programme . There is no mention of any product and there is no mention where the money comes from, but they manage to go through quite a few thousand pounds every week night . Someone is putting up a lot of money for the show . So where does the money come from? The studio that makes the programme? It comes from the advertising in the break . They rely on really high viewership numbers, and can charge advertisers a premium to advertise in the ad breaks . NZ doesn't have the population to support such a program, hence we don't have a local one . However we do have deal or no deal, but they have drawn out a 1/2 hour program into an hour, to get ad breaks and more advertising dollars . |
robbyp (2751) | ||
| 629833 | 2008-01-13 01:08:00 | I always thought you had to pay to A) Go watch the show B) Be one of the contestants (I think you had to pay even if you weren't picked) But I could be wrong. A) No B) No Wrong on both counts. |
beeswax34 (63) | ||
| 629834 | 2008-01-13 01:23:00 | I always thought you had to pay to A) Go watch the show B) Be one of the contestants (I think you had to pay even if you weren't picked) But I could be wrong. There are buses to take willful people to the tv studios for filming the shows in LA. We get invites to them all the time. It's free...meals are usually provided and any accommodations if the show runs too late are picked up by the sponsors too. There is a waiting list for Oprah and Ellen Degenerate..and a few others that give big prizes to the studio audiences. Tickets for them are a lot harder to get. Most everybody comes home a winner of some sort. They have interviews to find "interesting" and "jubilant" people who don't mind making complete fools outta themselves. Typically..what youse guys see on the shows are the fringe element in the US..and the sponsors pander to them to get them on the air. |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 629835 | 2008-01-13 03:41:00 | To get on the show you dial a number Each time you get through it costs you. Equivalent to an 0900 number. That is where the money comes from. |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 629836 | 2008-01-13 04:12:00 | I think Robby is right about the commercials during the break. A few years ago there was a lot of heated discussion in Britain when £1m of taxpayers money was spent on ads for learning programmes. The organisation said it was the government's policy to improve the skills of the nation and they wanted to drive up demand of learning. Not having watched the programme recently in the UK I don't know whether these particular ads are still being shown. Joe, I don't put Who Wants To Be a Millionaire in the same category as Oprah or Ellen. But we are all entitled to our opinion on that one. Cheers, Marnie :2cents: |
Marnie (4574) | ||
| 629837 | 2008-01-13 05:56:00 | I too thought it was avertising revenue. BTW SJ, I love your Avatar! :thimbs: |
radium (8645) | ||
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