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DevdogAZ
06-13-2007, 12:05 AM
Because of the NBA Finals on Sunday, my recording of Fast Cars & Superstars on ABC on Sunday night was incomplete. After looking in the usual places ;), I went to ABC.com to see if I could watch it online. Sure enough, it says it's available for viewing online, so I click on their player and find the appropriate episode. When I try to start it, however, I get the following message:
Invalid Ad Data:
This episode cannot be viewed because the advertisements are currently unavailable. Click on the close button to remove this message and try another episode.

WTF?! What is this supposed to mean? They can't load the advertisements onto their website? How unprofessional is that? Has anyone experienced this before and can I expect that the ads will become available at some point or do I just have to write this episode off?

visionary
06-13-2007, 10:23 AM
Yes, I have read someone getting this before on other stuff and eventually it does get fixed and work. You are correct, ABC is very, very stupid and unprofessional. They can't even manage to run ads correctly, and those pay for the entire network, so you can imagine how good they are at other business issues. Tune in the worst show on current television, American Inventor, if you doubt they are stupid. I think they are the ones with what may be even worse in the fall, the caveman show too.

gastrof
06-14-2007, 03:31 AM
ABC really sounds like a Micky Mouse outfit. :p