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Well here we finally had "digitization" of terrestrial/antenna TV signal a year ago, now whole country gets 8 national channels (although all are still broadcasting in SD resolution) + couple of local ones. Before that most people where stuck with 3-4. But since the biggest cable provider here started offering all the same channels as "IPTV" (actually OTT, over-the-top) service in rural areas where there is no cable infrastructure I have got spoiled by "pause now to be able to skip commercials latter" routine. Fortunately I only watch sports on TV, so I get less exposure to commercial & other brainwashing on TV.
Situation with commercials is gradually getting worse here, but if I can judge the situation in US by what I can see with Fox Crime and Fox Movie channels (with 5+ minutes of commercial block every 10-15 minutes of TV show) that we get here via cable or satellite we still have it easy here.
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