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ABC wants to break DVR's fast forward feature.
by Acidus at 1:34 pm EDT, Jul 7, 2006

While MSOs risk losing some of their DVR customers if fast-forwarding were blocked, Shaw said the cable operators--who are beefing up their own local ad sales operations--"are in the same business we're in." "They've got to sell ads too," he said. "So if everybody's skipping everybody's ads, that's not a long-term business model for them either."

Don't buy the network exec's bullshit about DVRs destorying the broadcast business model. The business model isn't going anywhere, it just needs to change. 8 minutes of interlaced ads in a 22 minute show just doesn't work anymore.

A change in the broadcast business model also happened back in in the 50s and 60s. Before that, one company like Jello pudding would sponser an entire show for an entire season. They are called soap opera's for a reason! But that model stopped working when people had more choices. Companies had to places their TV ad dollars in more baskets to get the same amount of exposure. I wonder if network execs bitched as much then as they do now.

Business models shift, but they rarely disappear. Stop issuing press releases about how you fail to understand basic business theories.


 
RE: ABC wants to break DVR's fast forward feature.
by dc0de at 1:42 pm EDT, Jul 7, 2006

I agree completely.

Marketing execs need to realize that product placement is key. There are companies that are paying for spots in movies and tv shows now, exposing us to their products.

Watch any mainstream tv show, and watch for the products that are highlighted/used in the process. How many of them are identifiable by name?

These are the sublte places where advertisers are going to have to pursue, if they want to get our business.

If the Advertisement model is SO BROKEN, how do they sell anything in Europe? Most of the television over in Eastern Europe is NOT flooded with ads, and it's refreshing to watch a television program, from start to finish, with no interruptions.

The worst part, is that the advertiser's existing model is based on BROADCAST television. Who has an antenna on their roof today? Most people are PAYING for the "priviledge" of television, and now have to endure the crap of the advertisers.

What happened to Cable Television being the bastion for "pure" entertainment?

That's just my 2ยข, YMMV

dc0de.


 
 
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