4 ms·
Before Youtube, many people in that part of the world listened to the radio. How will radio stations survive without ads?
by spaced-out 6y ago
Before Youtube, many people in that part of the world listened to the radio. How will radio stations survive without ads?
- marcus_holmes 6y agoGood question. That's a broadcast medium, though. In the UK, Australia and Germany (amongst others - these are only the countries I've lived in that do this) there is a public broadcaster supported by a tax. It's not popular - irrelevant and annoying in the internet age. But it clearly solved the "how do you get broadcast media without adverts" problem.
- samoa42 6y ago> It's not popular relatively speaking, no >irrelevant and annoying in the internet age disagree strongly
- marcus_holmes 6y agoI meant the business model, not the content. German collection of the tax is incredibly unpopular, especially for those of us who don't even have a television.
- samoa42 6y agotrue, would be more sensible to make it a "real" federal tax instead of collection via a obnoxious semi-private entity. while i have not owned a tv for the last two decades i still sometimes consume their content via internet or car-radio and would probably miss it if it wasnt available.
- marcus_holmes 6y agoIn Australia, the ABC is just funded out of general taxation, with no specific tax for it. That works a lot better. Triple-J (their "youth" music radio station) is an Australian cultural mainstay (or was; its relevance is fading), and I don't think anyone actually minds that some of their tax goes to support it. Except the usual right-wing conspiracy dicks who are mad that the ABC doesn't publish their shite.