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"Badger" <Cferriola@triad.rr.123numbers.com> wrote in message
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> Randy Sweeney wrote:
> >>>"JAS" <spin500@cox.net> wrote in message
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> > news:5R0yc.12$Jk5.9@lakeread02...
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> >>>Can anyone tell me if the Voom "original" HD channels have commercials?
> >>>I have Direct TV, the HD channels have no commercials; a BIG plus.
> >>>Thanks.
> >
> >
> > "FerdyPooh" <fredjr1@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
> > news:Y1iyc.2357$X92.729@bignews6.bellsouth.net...
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> >>They don't
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> >
> > Then one would have to be concerned as to the quality of content that is
> > obtained and distributed so cheaply as to not require the kind of money
that
> > only ads can bring and/or the future of such an arrangement.
> >
> >
> Why would you be concerned? It is voluntary to purchase.
> Clay
buyer beware - sometimes you get what you pay for - or less.
The point being made previously that COMMERCIAL-FREE HD channels was a BIG
PLUS. - Maybe not.
"Commercial Free" begs the question...
how does a DBS system provide 20 commercial free HD channels (20% of its
total)?
Tanstaafl - There ain't no such thing as a free lunch - as Heinlein once
wrote.
Either
1. the monthly charges are sufficiently high to pay for quality programming
for the free channels (and we can see from the costs of HBO level quality
and others what this market rate is)
or
2. the content filling those 20 commericial free HD channels is incredibly
cheap.
or
3. the business model behind the offering is unstable and the commercial
free HD is subject to drastic (negative) changes in price, quality, or
quantity (after you have made a committment). HBO ran through a period of
this after Hollywood decided to raise the prices of movie rights to it...
HBO solved the issue by producing a higher and higher percentage of its own
content and then reversing the cable model by then selling its content to
others for DVD, broadcast and in some cases I believe, theater release. I
don't think that VOOM's parent is either solvent enough or smart enough for
this though.
Looking at the VOOM HD-Cinema 1 channel schedule for today,
I see Bikini Beach, Beach Blanket Bingo, The Land the Time Forgot, The
People that time forgot - four movies repeated over and over
on Cinema 2 - My life as a dog, The official story, Danton and the Circle -
four more movies of questionable merit
on Cinema 3 - August, Inherit the Wind, Just tell me what you want, Prince
of the City
Based on just these offerings for today... I'd be willing to guess that VOOM
has opted for either option #2 - cheap content. Maybe even with an option
for #3 in the future.
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