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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
For example, I can watch a TV show (over the airwaves) for free. But the show is NOT free, a group of advertizers paid for the show, and provide it for me to watch free in order to get me to watch their commercials and buy their product.
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I don't think we can call this free, because of the advertisements.
I wouldn't say that the ads are paying for the shows, but rather that the shows are providing suitable spots for the ads.
A french TV executive said his job was to provide "available brain time for ads".