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ChadTower:

That's it right there.  They'd have to build dozens of broadcast centers all over the continent and most cable stations don't make nearly enough money to build and run even one.  Without third party delivery 95% of cable stations don't exist.

Angry_Radish:
My biggest problem is paying for xbox live, and seeing ads in games

sirwoogie:
Most people may not remember, but when Cable/Private air first started out the main advertisement is that there would be no commercials. "You pay us for the TV so we won't make you watch the commercials." Remember "IT" and "ON"? They had similar concepts. Perhaps that was a bad marketing decision in the first place, but it was the driving concept. Most people at the time thought "why should I pay for TV, when I can get it from free over the air." Steadily over time this thought has dissipated. While I agree that commercial revenue goes to the network, there are agreements and ownership of the cable/satellite operators that could probably cover some of the cost, but not all. Do you really think that savings would be "passed along to consumers?" No way.

What bothers me is how we've become more complacent about advertisements on items we already pay for. As Angry pointed out, he has to see ads on a Xbox Live that he pays for. You go to a movie and sit through usually 5 minutes of advertisements, and then 15-20 of promo (commercial for the movie industry). Tivo is floating the idea of ads during the fast forward feature. The main selling point of the tivo is to avoid the ads... they are a SUBSCRIPTION service. DVD's we payed for shove previews that you have that you must FF through (not skip). I'm sure I could think of many many more.

People used to ---smurfette--- a few years ago, but no longer. We're all getting used to it. That means more profit all around... while the consumer is increasingly annoyed.

shardian:
I just can't bring myself to shell out the RIDICULOUS amount of dough cable TV costs$60-$90 per month - I don't think so. My rabbit ears work just fine. I'm also a big fan of TV on DVD. No commercials, pause when you want, watch when you want. Can't beat that.

Naru:
sirwoogie
I bow to you!  :notworthy:
They even have LCD screens
at my local grocery playing advertisements
while you wait in the checkout.

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