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   From: bodron57@yahoo.co.uk   
      
   On 28/03/2018 15:41, Wolf K wrote:   
   > On 2018-03-28 08:43, Bod wrote:   
   >> On 28/03/2018 13:17, Frank wrote:   
   > [...]   
   >>> In the US, one out of every four minutes is allowed for ads.  A big   
   >>> reason why people are going to pay sites like Netflix on internet or   
   >>> HBO, Showtime and the like on cable.  Those of us with recording   
   >>> devices like DVR's record shows and fast forward through commercials.   
   >>>   
   >>> In the UK you do not pay for ads but you pay through taxes.  Our PBS   
   >>> which is government subsidized used to be ad free but now has a few   
   >>> at beginning and end of the show and is constantly pimping for more   
   >>> money.   
   >>  >   
   >> The BBC TV licence works out at just under £3 per week. For that we   
   >> get 5 BBC HD chennels and about 50 odd commercial channels (many in HD).   
   >> I also pay SKY for hundreds of channels, but I still have to suffer   
   >> commercials on all of their channels.   
   >> The BBC works out as very good value for the money, IMO.   
   >> The BBC make some of the best documentaries amongst many other good   
   >> stuff.   
   >> We mostly watch the BBC ones anyway.   
   >> We're thinking of packing SKY in.   
   >   
   > Yup, "free" isn't. You pay for it one way or another. The price of   
   > advertising is built into every product and service you buy. Total cost   
   > of advertising on all media comes to about 2.5% to 3% of GDP in the US,   
   > or $2.50 to $3 of every $100 you spend. You channel that to the   
   > advertisers whether or not you watch ad-supported TV, or "consume" any   
   > other ad-supported media.   
   >   
   > A bit of arithmetic:   
   > Median annual household income in the USA has fluctuated between about   
   > $50K and $60K over the last three decades. Excluding pension and other   
   > savings, households spend upwards of $40K per year on consumer products   
   > and services. That comes to over $1000 per year for advertising. Paying   
   > for ad-supported TV over cable or satellite adds hundreds more per year.   
   > So $10 for Netflix is way cheaper.   
   >   
   > Best,   
   >   
   Netflix suits folk who like fims, but we are not film people.   
   Our youngest son uses Netflix.   
      
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