Cable companies have started showing fewer ads because of Netflix

Post by lfowles » Thu, Nov 12, 2015, 9:22 PM UTC

gtk40 wrote: post #29

macNchz wrote: post #13

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I have Time Warner internet-only service in NYC and they are constantly trying to sell me cable as a $10/month addon to my $35 50mbit internet package. I imagine it's a pretty limited set of channels, but they're very much already using that sales tactic.

Same thing with Charter for me. They constantly try to sell me a $7/month addon that will give access to over-the-air channels through cable. I got that with a >$10 HD antenna, so I'm not sure what the value would be. (and I've barely used that...)

Post by judk » Fri, Nov 13, 2015, 12:44 AM UTC

samspot wrote: post #113

benten10 wrote: post #46

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2 points. I won't speak for myself, but from what I've gathered from friends: 1. A lot of people seem to like video ads. Movie ads specially tell you 'whats hot', and general ads put you 'in the loop' so to speak. I've tried to install ABV for a couple of people who won't let me because they actually like ads (as in youtube, not the shiny bright popups). This may be true for more people than HN crowd would assume. 2.…

#2 is also solved by netflix-roulette on the 'popular' row. It's actually pretty fun!

Post by dba7dba » Fri, Nov 13, 2015, 4:56 AM UTC

silveira wrote: post #104

dba7dba wrote: post #102

The REASON cable TV caught on initially decades ago was the promise of cutting out ads. There were NO ads on Cable TV initially.

And the lesson is that eventually there will be ads on Netflix too.