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US pay-TV subscriber base eroding at record pace::undefined

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[–] teamevil@lemmy.world 28 points 10 months ago (9 children)

I watched Fargo last week via broadcast. 5 min to 5 min of commercial time. It's insane.

[–] BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca 16 points 10 months ago (4 children)

I would watch about 16 minutes before giving up.

In the old days flow TV was max 25-30% ads, how can people live with 50% ads? At that rate it will be "Find the content" so in a few years with 90% ads watching a 45 minute show would take 7.5 hours.

[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 18 points 10 months ago (2 children)

There won't be 45 minute shows. It'll be "Ow, my balls!" and cut to commercial.

[–] BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Looking forward to 50 seconds commercials and 10 seconds tik-tok videos, but that's just YouTube.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago

Tiktok itself is the worst. I actually like the core of tiktok, but JFC does every other video literally have to be an ad? I actually think it's like 3 out of 5 videos to be honest.

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