I would like to point out that I have stopped watching all ABC TV shows that contain the new ABC1 and ABC2 watermarks. The intensity, size and position of the watermarks is utterly absurd. Surely you realise that there are quality limits below which consumers will not tolerate or buy any product. The overall quality of ABC broadcasts with the new watermarks is so low that it has become intolerable and I refuse to consume it. I'm surprised and heartened by the large numbers of my friends, family and colleagues who have expressed the same sentiment.

I have been unable to find any official statement about the new watermarks and I have been stalled and redirected when I phone the ABC offices for information.

If an official statement about the watermarks does exist, can you reply with the URL, or perhaps paste the text into the reply.

I hope that any reply will not simply be a resend of the 3-point form letter that has been the standard reply for the last three years: the one about identification, copyright protection and branding.

The ABC board members must be made to realise that they are cruelly and slowly killing their own customers. Perhaps they don’t care, but perhaps this can change. I just want my old ABC back, the one I knew and trusted for 40 years.