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Can you clarify? Ads never crept into the premium channels like HBO, Cinemax, Showtime, Movie Channel. At least no third party ads beyond the internal promotion
by WillPostForFood 3y ago
Can you clarify? Ads never crept into the premium channels like HBO, Cinemax, Showtime, Movie Channel. At least no third party ads beyond the internal promotions between uninterrupted movies/shows. I haven't had cable for ~5 years, so maybe things have changed?
- ASalazarMX 3y agoThose self-ads were time fillers so local operators could replace them with local ads. Some did, other didn't. Now everyone does it.
- WillPostForFood 3y agoSo local operators are selling ads on HBO between programming? Replacing what used to be trailers/interviews etc? I'd definitely say that is terrible and an example of enshittification.
- ASalazarMX 3y agoCable operators in my city do, you get ads about local businesses between shows, and if the ads sometimes don't cover all the filler, you see parts of the original ads.
- hedora 3y agoParamount+ has ads, and that borg’ed showtime a month or so ago.
- WillPostForFood 3y agoSo Showtime is gone from cable, replaced by Paramount+, which is still a premium/extra charge, and you get ads? That sounds terrible.