Many moons ago, I remember cable TV being a pay service that had no commercials.
You want to watch commercials, watch broadcast TV.
Now I have to pay a very large monthly fee just to watch commercials. (Some of the channels are ONLY commercials.)
Why can't the cable/satellite companies make enough revenue on commercials, that they wouldn't have to charge as much for the service. Or make the service free. The broadcast industries seem to do OK?
I have gotten to the point now, that if a commercial comes on the channel I am watching, I start surfing again. I may never even get back to the original show. I wonder how many other people do the same thing? What kind of impact does that have on their ad revenues?
If they could serve the channels ala carte, then maybe that would force them to create programs that people actually want to watch. Competition is a good thing.
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Many moons ago, I remember cable TV being a pay service that had no commercials. You want to watch commercials, watch broadcast TV. Now I have to pay a very large monthly fee just to watch commercials. (Some of the channels are ONLY commercials.) Why can't the cable/satellite companies make enough revenue on commercials, that they wouldn't have to charge as much for the service. Or make the service free. The broadcast industries seem to do OK? I have gotten to the point now, that if a commercial comes on the channel I am watching, I start surfing again. I may never even get back to the original show. I wonder how many other people do the same thing? What kind of impact does that have on their ad revenues? If they could serve the channels ala carte, then maybe that would force them to create programs that people actually want to watch. Competition is a good thing.