The ailing easy-listening station has splashed out on a cross-media advertising campaign in a bid to boost droopy ratings. Classic has created a TV ad to be shown on primtetime ITV shows and during England’s first Six Nations rugby game. It is also showing at all Odeon cinemas in the UK.
And at railway stations.
The captions are as drowsy as the output.
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