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Old 04-01-2011, 08:26 AM   #149
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
That certainly works for programmes like "The X-Factor", but it doesn't really apply to most commercial TV.
When all those vote the outcome of pre-recorded programme scams were outlawed for a few months a couple of years ago ITV's profit dropped £100million, so I think it does account for a quite large slice of their revenue.

Their profit for last year was £321million, so it looks to me like phone scams are responsible for at least a third of that, but more likely about half? They were only outlawed for a few months, not a full year.
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