Some content is licensed to only show on AVOD (ad-supported video-on-demand) services so ads are required. That's the same way as it works for a lot of what's on The Roku Channel.
On Thu, Jul 22, 2021 at 7:45 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > > I was just finishing. Re-watch of original Leverage (commercial-free on AMC+) > in preparation for “Lev Redemption” when this was first posted; now have > completed Redemption. I want to learn more about IMBdTV. > > I have watched it a bit before (to catch a few episodes of Banacek). My > daughter did a “Fringe” rewatch there a while back. > > On the one hand, I just despise commercials, and pay on Hulu and Paramount to > avoid them. IMDb apparently does not even offer a premium, commercial free > option. I hate it. Buy, not as much as I hate the horrid Peacock, so either > the ads are less obnoxious, or there are fewer of them. OTOH, they have a > pretty decent lineup of classic shows (is Redemption their first original?). > > Is there a reason that insisting on an ad supported model is better > financially than at least offering a subscription model? It kind of feels to > me like someone is trying to seduce me back into accepting commercials as a > fact of TV watching life, maybe hoping that will get me to watch broadcast TV > ads again (not bloody likely). > > BTW, Redemption was definitely lesser Leverage, but still recognizably > Leverage, and so still preferable to many shows that are not Leverage. > > On Thu, 15 Jul 2021 at 9:30 PM 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> IMDBtv is also home to the new episodes of Leverage (Timothy Bottoms the >> only original lead not involved here, Noah Wyle plays a new character on the >> team). >> >> David >> >> On Thursday, July 15, 2021, 7:27:51 PM PDT, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> I’ve been using it, reluctantly (lots of ads). >> >> On Thu, 15 Jul 2021 at 7:42 AM Doug Eastick <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> IMDb TV? >> >> I'll have to look into that. >> >> >> >> On Wed., Jul. 14, 2021, 10:27 p.m. 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV, >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Deadline: "227" and "Diff’rent Strokes" will launch on Prime Video tomorrow, >> July 15. "The Jeffersons," "Sanford & Son," and "Sanford" will launch on the >> SVOD service later in 2021. >> >> "All in the Family," "Good Times," "Maude," and "One Day at a Time" will >> also launch July 15 but on IMDb TV. This will be the first time that >> episodes of "Maude" and all seasons of "All in the Family" are available to >> stream. >> >> Most series' entire runs will be available, while some will release in >> two-year spurts. >> >> https://deadline.com/2021/07/good-times-all-in-the-family-the-jeffersons-maude-amazon-prime-video-imdb-tv-streaming-norman-lear-1234791354/ >> (link) >> >> B >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/500237070.20166.1626409810101%40mail.yahoo.com. > > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYKnvNeNh9wDx0%2Bss2Gr5NkhgChXUV%3D8ReiYBq-n3b1v9g%40mail.gmail.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAPG%2BkUP1WecYUzpmJ%2BvHPYtGMJ99JwGhcWsvCdhNpOirUOZtrA%40mail.gmail.com.
