Commercials FML

So.. Right now I'm watching TV, to be precise I'm watching commercials.
Here in germany a commercial break happens like every 25-40 minutes (depends on the channel) and LASTS FOR ****ING EVER. I stopped the time and the last commercial break took 6 minutes and 46 seconds, so almost 7 minutes. Also there seems to be a commercial cartel, because every popular channel, which I usually don't watch anymore these days, have a commercial break at the same time. So.. enough rage and right to my question:

How often happen commercial breaks in your country and how long do they last?
I heard that in 'MERICA theres a break like every 15 minutes but it only lasts for 3 minutes.

I don't watch alot of TV but what I remember in belgium is that it depens on the hour but in the evening when most people watch we have short breaks it happens once every 15-20 min but lasts for 60 seconds XD

come live here its only a couple of hours away :D

In Australia, we have about 10-15 minutes of video footage then 3 minutes of commercials. Typically an episode of Simpsons will have 3 commercial breaks, two blocks of footage for 10 minutes and then 1 block of footage that goes for 2 minutes.