http://www.gertismedia.com/blog/2006/03/25/desperate-hollywood-producers/ on digital Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:16:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.gertismedia.com/blog/2006/03/25/desperate-hollywood-producers/#comment-4 gertis.media » TV - all Ad-Free, A-La-Carte? Thu, 18 May 2006 08:02:55 +0000 http://www.gertismedia.com/blog/2006/03/25/desperate-hollywood-producers/#comment-4 [...] To quote myself (sometimes, I like that): can $1.99 downloads substitute broadcast tv? Only if you’re a Hollywood producer. Or could you imagine every tv household shelling out $200 a month at least just for watching tv content (and that number’s not even based upon the real tv usage hours)? So even in a virtually broadcast-free world, we’ll have to look for ad support. Otherwise, people will have to find themselves some new (and cheap) hobbies pretty soon. [...] [...] To quote myself (sometimes, I like that): can $1.99 downloads substitute broadcast tv? Only if you’re a Hollywood producer. Or could you imagine every tv household shelling out $200 a month at least just for watching tv content (and that number’s not even based upon the real tv usage hours)? So even in a virtually broadcast-free world, we’ll have to look for ad support. Otherwise, people will have to find themselves some new (and cheap) hobbies pretty soon. [...]

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