Topgear.com advertisments

qqg3 · 24 Nov 2009 at 22:26

So I thought the BBC didn't use advertisements because they depended on license payers etc. Why are there 'American Express' ads on Topgear.com?

Or is it somehow a seperate franchise that falls out of the rules? :confused:

friddela · 24 Nov 2009 at 22:29

Guessing it's because it isn't actually on the bbc website.

orderoftheflame · 24 Nov 2009 at 22:29

Isn't topgear.com run by the people that do the magazine? Just branded to match the BBC parts of the show.

Oh, and if you actually look at the bottom of the page....

No money from the licence fee was used to create this website.

V4NT0M · 24 Nov 2009 at 22:29

It's not a rule.

qqg3 · 24 Nov 2009 at 22:32

orderoftheflame said:
Oh, and if you actually look at the bottom of the page....

Ah...

/thread.

Angst · 24 Nov 2009 at 22:53

are you sure your not watching it on dave? i havent seen any adverts

Kol · 24 Nov 2009 at 22:55

phill0i said:
are you sure your not watching it on dave? i havent seen any adverts

Topgear.com , dear

ps3ud0 · 24 Nov 2009 at 22:58

Id presume it was owned by the commercial arm of the BBC?

ps3ud0 :cool:

Skeeter · 24 Nov 2009 at 23:24

Isnt Topgear.com the same thing at Top Gear Magazine, which isnt a BBC production.

ps3ud0 · 24 Nov 2009 at 23:58

Nope its owned by the Beeb

ps3ud0 :cool:

Angst · 25 Nov 2009 at 00:01

Kol said:
Topgear.com , dear

well thats what i get for not bothering to read the first post properly

Al Vallario · 25 Nov 2009 at 00:03

Topgear.com said:
This website is made by BBC Worldwide.

BBC Worldwide is a commercial company that is owned by the BBC (and just the BBC).
No money from the licence fee was used to create this website.
The profits we make from it go back to BBC programme-makers to help fund great new BBC programmes.

Skeeter · 25 Nov 2009 at 00:06

Ah, ok, so it is owned by the BBC, but part of the BBC that isnt licence fee funded.

Qu3 · 25 Nov 2009 at 00:36

BBC websites advertise when your surfing from outside the uk..

Jimbeam3678 · 25 Nov 2009 at 01:42

Qu3 said:
BBC websites advertise when your surfing from outside the uk..

blah beaten to it , and the adverts a bloody annoying when your not used to them!!! :mad:

iNPUt · 25 Nov 2009 at 03:58

Well I spose it keeps the licenece fee down, and its only fair people in other countries
some how support the bbc, through advertising.

Parsley · 25 Nov 2009 at 04:15

divaboy said:
blah beaten to it , and the adverts a bloody annoying when your not used to them!!!

They really... really are.

Neverwhere · 25 Nov 2009 at 09:16

lets see, ive got amex, VW, virgin broadband, mazda, citroen, autotrader, Dyson, and a pop up advert for Dodge.

that was from browsing two pages. those adverts were not rotating, but constantly viewable. Fricking ISOHUNT doesnt have that many!

personally I think its a disgusting sell out, and the BBC should not be allowed to do it, christ knows we pay them enough already.