Comment Re:Just turn the box off... (Score 1) 614
you are paying for the infrastructure to broadcast the channels, with some small royalty to each station for broadcast distribution rights. The commercials pay for the content itself.
Now, I agree that some advertising and product placement is overdone, but it's the same we see everywhere else. some MBA told the company that they could increase their revenue by adding a whole bunch (more) advertising streams.
So, we've gone beyond paying for the shows itself, but also to padding hte profit margins and the CEO's $50 million retirement package, and on top of that all the people who do the real work are losing jobs to India. does it make sense? no. can we do anything about it? maybe, boycotts only work if you can edumacate the masses. It'll take time but the system will implode and there'll be a bunch of country clubs scratching their heads wondering where all the golfers went.
sorry, got off topic, I guess, but I had a point in there somewhere.
Now, I agree that some advertising and product placement is overdone, but it's the same we see everywhere else. some MBA told the company that they could increase their revenue by adding a whole bunch (more) advertising streams.
So, we've gone beyond paying for the shows itself, but also to padding hte profit margins and the CEO's $50 million retirement package, and on top of that all the people who do the real work are losing jobs to India. does it make sense? no. can we do anything about it? maybe, boycotts only work if you can edumacate the masses. It'll take time but the system will implode and there'll be a bunch of country clubs scratching their heads wondering where all the golfers went.
sorry, got off topic, I guess, but I had a point in there somewhere.
