On Oct 18, 11:13 am, Bob in Jersey <[email protected]> wrote: > Luvs diapers' animated "Poop, There It Is" (introduced here by Kevin > athttp://goo.gl/AoL2H) marginally wins Consumerist's poll over an > at&t spot where hubby should have first told wife that what he signed > up for was free... > > http://goo.gl/TKVfn
And one of the idiot comments from the thread: "That's the trouble though, it seems like every time something is sold as "AD FREE!", once it becomes popular enough it isn't ad free anymore. Cable TV started out as the alternative to ad driven TV. There's no ads because you had to pay for the service." Cable NEVER said it was totally-ad free--just the HBO/Showtime/Cinemax/ TMC/Starz/Encore premium channels and C-SPAN. For the most part, most other cable channels have had ads from the beginning of national cable. "Same thing with satellite radio." At least half of Sirius XM's channels are commercial-free (the music channels, the NPR channels, BBC World Service, the other public radio channels). In fact, originally many of XM's music channels had commercials and the service dropped them when Sirius launched with all music channels commercial-free. And considering the online competition which will make it into people's cars soon, Mel Karmazin would be cutting his throat if he started putting ads on the music channels. Where do these morons (especially the allegedly intelligent people who read Consumer Reports' Comsumerist blog) get this misinformation? -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
