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Originally Posted by RWood
All commercial media today is advertiser driven. The more ears and eyes you can deliver to an advertiser, the more you can charge. The key is delivering the right kind of people. Advertisers believe that the younger people are not as set in their buying habits as the older people. This is why most ads for soft drinks, cigarettes, and beer are skewed to younger people. When was the last time you saw anyone over 28 in a cigarette ad?
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Interesting. Things are slightly different in the UK. The BBC is public service television, funded by licence fees, and with no advertising at all on the TV or radio stations.
And we have no advertisements for tobacco or alcohol on television or radio. They were banned a while ago.