On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:48:59 -0500, nemesis wrote:

> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>> At least here in the US, the programmes are secondary - the whole point
>> of commercial television is the commercials - that's where the
>> broadcasters make their money.
>>
>> The shows are what draws people to watch.
> 
> BTW, once upon a time cable TV was supposed to be free of ads because
> you were directly paying for the shows.  Somehow, that plan didn't work
> out...

Yeah; I was watching Damages yesterday and had to laugh - there's a 
"warning" for "mature content" because of "strong language" - it's OK if 
the strong language is transmitted over a wire, but not if it's 
"airborne", apparently.

The FCC is a weird organisation at times.

Jim

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