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To me the article read as if cable as it was at the time of writing had minimal advertising, but networks were planning to introduce more of them. I thought it
by beowulfey 4y ago
To me the article read as if cable as it was at the time of writing had minimal advertising, but networks were planning to introduce more of them. I thought it fit the comparison with Youtube slowly ramping up ads really well.
- scarface74 4y agoSince most “cable” channels were just rebroadcast over the air channels early on, there was no reason to expect that there were going to be fewer ads. In fact, in the 80s, there was a lot more infomercials on cable TV than today. The only reason there were fewer ads was because cable channels were still trying to get companies to advertise.
- beowulfey 4y agoI was referring to the premium channels specifically