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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
When you said "According to the queen of Television, they had to do so many mentions of a product an hour. Martin & Lewis were sponsored by Colgate" that was a network directive. Not a law.
Radio and television did not start with the intention of being a home for networks to run programming peppered with ads. That is just the way things shook out.
The internet isn't that way yet, but it is clearly on its way. And the repeal of net neutrality just helped grease the skids.
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Well it is true that Radio didn't start with ads, TV always had ads unless it was closed circuit. Networks have taken over many radio stations and were first in line for TV. Networks have always depended on advertising unless it is pay per view. Creeping up from 7 minutes per hour to 15 and even sometimes 17 minutes now. Even PBS has advertising these days.
The Internet is unique in that individuals can still have web sites but for any professional site it will have advertising and annoying get in your face type these days.
Dale