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So the answer to preventing scam ads is only allowing the richest companies have a chance to advertise? Surely there’s a better way.
by stanmancan 6y ago
So the answer to preventing scam ads is only allowing the richest companies have a chance to advertise?
Surely there’s a better way.
- Nextgrid 6y agoWell, higher prices not only allow for people to be paid decent money to review the ads manually but are also a bigger risk for any scam operation as not only is it more difficult to obtain & move that amount fraudulently (you're not going to be able to buy a TV ad with a stolen credit card) but they also have much more to lose should their entire operation be discovered (presumably, a TV network discovering a fraudulent attempt will report it to the relevant authorities and will not just give the money back).
- sk2020 6y agoI worked at a local TV station a while back, and I programmed the commercials. You would be surprised at how little those slots go for. Off prime time, a 15 or 30 second add spot might sell for a couple dollars. At night they’re only a few cents. It was a mid-sized metropolitan area, so I don’t think this would be so out of the ordinary. To this day, I have no idea how any TV stations are financially solvent.