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Howler

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2. ooooo! good!

Reply to Panich52 (Original post)

Sun Feb 22, 2015, 01:55 AM

Feb 2015

They are killing off the rest of commercial t.v. quickly!!! Who is going to sit through 20 minutes of commercials on cable stations for an absurd price when you can go to Netflix or DVDs !!!???

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Cable Channels Speed Up TV Shows To Cram In More Ads – Consumerist [View all] Panich52 Feb 2015 OP

I thought I was losing it. hollysmom Feb 2015 #1

ooooo! good! Howler Feb 2015 #2

Television is a dying medium. Advertisers will have to Lint Head Feb 2015 #3

their new business model will be to buy up and destroy the internet, like they did with music and Romeo.lima333 Feb 2015 #5

True. Lint Head Feb 2015 #8

For a 30 minute show there's usually 22-24 minutes of programming sakabatou Feb 2015 #4

BBC America has edited content Ilsa Feb 2015 #6

One nasty thing they do is fadedrose Feb 2015 #7

I noticed this!!! daredtowork Feb 2015 #9

This is why I record all my basic cable and network shows. Blue_In_AK Feb 2015 #10

The same channel that runs SD programs in stretch-o-vision, and ran colorized B&W movies pstokely Feb 2015 #11