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Not entirely true. The "premium" channels (HBO, Cinemax, Showtime, Bravo, The Movie Channel, etc.) never had ads. Then there were channels like Nickelodeon tha
by icedchai 7mo ago
Not entirely true. The "premium" channels (HBO, Cinemax, Showtime, Bravo, The Movie Channel, etc.) never had ads.
Then there were channels like Nickelodeon that originally had no ads, then added them in the mid 80's. I remember this distinctly because I was annoyed by it. My parents got cable in 1980 when it first came to our area.
- raw_anon_1111 7mo agoIt was only because they didn’t have enough viewers to convince companies to pay for ads.
- icedchai 7mo agoThe "premium" movie channels had tons of paying subscribers. They didn't need ads. It was very much a selling point for those channels.
- raw_anon_1111 7mo agoI was talking about Nickelodeon