tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402829.post609254558490838227..comments2023-10-21T11:35:09.795-03:00Comments on hearing/loss: "A new, year-old, ABC Family original (made by someone else in a foreign country) series"ronniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14044863062652781155noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402829.post-62769599194970469462009-03-31T17:56:00.000-03:002009-03-31T17:56:00.000-03:00I didn't say that it would make sense to a normal ...I didn't say that it would make sense to a normal person with the usual frame of reference. I said that it would make sense if you parsed it like a marketing hack.<BR/><BR/>Sorry for the headache. [grin]Dannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00319457121145444425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402829.post-84969566861769404132009-03-26T21:16:00.000-03:002009-03-26T21:16:00.000-03:00Ah, yes. "If it didn't happen here, it didn't happ...Ah, yes. "If it didn't happen here, it didn't happen."<BR/><BR/>The "world television premiere" thing is particularly noticeable for us in Canada - where we get Quebec tv stations, which get the latest Hollywood blockbusters dubbed in French several months before they even play on English Canadian tv. Which is several months before they appear on American tv.<BR/><BR/>Broadcast rights - they are ronniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14044863062652781155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402829.post-47224151955175896182009-03-26T18:44:00.000-03:002009-03-26T18:44:00.000-03:00Basically they're saying that it is original - in ...Basically they're saying that it is original - in the United States - as opposed to having been seen on some other network - in the United States - and then being "repurposed" to ABC Family. <BR/><BR/>At least it's better than calling the showing of some movie "a world television premiere" despite the fact that the movie had been on a Canadian network a few days (or weeks or months) before. You Brent McKeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14883838112004433045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402829.post-92039470467839135372009-03-25T21:02:00.000-03:002009-03-25T21:02:00.000-03:00Dann, I tried to "think like a media marking hack"...Dann, I tried to "think like a media marking hack" and I got a migraine. And I'm a government beaurocrat! <BR/><BR/>I'm reminded of an old saying: "Dammit, that's an explanation, it's not an excuse!!!" <BR/><BR/>Sadly, it also makes sense.ronniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14044863062652781155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402829.post-89971988709804515942009-03-24T22:11:00.000-03:002009-03-24T22:11:00.000-03:00All you have to do is parse the phrase "a new ABC ...All you have to do is parse the phrase "a new ABC Family original program" correctly.<BR/><BR/>The program is "new" to the ABC Family channel.<BR/><BR/>It is an original program....as opposed to being a sequel or a knock-off or something else.<BR/><BR/>All you have to do is think like a media marketing hack and it suddenly makes sense! Of course, they don't exactly live in the same world as the Dannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00319457121145444425noreply@blogger.com