To: Yo-Yo
Without ads, you'd pay much, much more. Look at the premium you must pay for HBO or Cinemax vs. ESPN. True....BUT, the original broadcast goes out with the ads intact. It's the ability to skip them during recorded playbacks that seems to be the issue. How many folks record shows just to be able to avoid the ads? I can't see a huge number of people purposely recording shows to play them back at a later time with that as a specific goal - usually they record to either not miss it because they aren't there for the original broadcast ot to save it.
20 posted on
05/25/2012 6:41:00 AM PDT by
trebb
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To: trebb
How many folks record shows just to be able to avoid the ads? I can't see a huge number of people purposely recording shows to play them back at a later time with that as a specific goal - usually they record to either not miss it because they aren't there for the original broadcast ot to save it. We do. In a one hour slot, there is typically 45 minutes of programming and 15 minutes of commercial. My DVR remote has a "skip forward 30 seconds" button, which makes it convenient to skip the commercial segment with a few hits of the button.
31 posted on
05/25/2012 9:13:27 AM PDT by
PapaBear3625
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To: trebb
How many folks record shows just to be able to avoid the ads? I do that all the time. There's nothing on TV that I HAVE to see the night it is aired.
33 posted on
05/25/2012 9:37:53 AM PDT by
Oatka
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