Annoying Cable

posted on june 11, 2002, tag: entertainment

Is it too much to ask for smart advertising on television?

We have Digital iO cable at home. Cablevision. I see more ads for getting Cablevision cable than anything else. A constant stream of "cable is better than satellite" and "get Cablevision now!" commercials all day and all night long. I don't understand this. I think it's ridiculous that my cable provider doesn't know I have cable. What are they trying to sell me? I already bought the product! I have the gold package (every channel), and yet I still see commercials about adding HBO or Showtime to my lineup. They are already added!

The same thing occurred when I lived in Staten Island and we had DirecTV (satellite). Although I must admit there were fewer instances. Still, every now and then a "sign up for DirecTV and get free installation" commercial would pop up.

Now I'm asking why. Why, in the day of digital cable, should I ever have to see a commercial to sign up for cable? My system should know exactly which channels I have, what my setup is, and at least know that I have fucking cable. I should not have to see these commercials.