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Originally Posted by betula
It's just like cable... you're paying money and they are still running advertisements.
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I don't think you can compare it to cable tv. For $50 you are getting over 100 channels. Even if you assume that the cable company only keeps half of the money to cover costs and make a profit the networks are getting an average of $0.25/channel. At that rate, it takes 40 million subscribers just to clear $10M, which won't even cover their operating costs. There is no way in hell cable networks would be able to operate AND make a profit large enough to justify the investment without commercials.