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lol yeah, that’s what they said about cable tv. Fool me once, …
by omginternets 3y ago
lol yeah, that’s what they said about cable tv.
Fool me once, …
- drekipus 3y ago"fool me once" only applies when it's the same entity doing the fooling
- omginternets 3y agoOr the same process...
- Vvector 3y agocable TV had ads from day 1.
- omginternets 3y agoIt certainly did not.
- Vvector 3y agoCable TV started as a way to expand the reach of broadcast TV. Broadcast TV has commercials. Hence cable TV always had commercials.
- shadowgovt 3y agoIt depends on how you slice the question. The first cable-only station to do ads was USA in 1977. But since cable always carried local stations, cable always had channels where ads were run.