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Pervis
Jan 12, 2001

YOSPOS

computer parts posted:

Because it subsidizes their other channels.

Again, the problem with the traditional channel format is that there's not enough content to reasonably appeal to enough people to remain solvent, with rare exceptions (sports).

This will only get worse over time, right? TV viewership, especially among demographics that advertisers want to reach, has been dropping pretty steadily. There's also some expectation to maintain or even grow profits in the face of this, and thus the shift to much higher profit-margin formats like reality TV.

Anyways, I imagine the intent of TV-related stuff is to open the internet up as a distribution channel in a way that doesn't directly involve telcos/cable companies outside of the actual last-mile connections themselves. It's been a long time though since I've been involved in that world to really understand what this might do though.

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