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Re:Thousands of Facebook internal documents and emails publi... by kemitche on Thursday November 07, 2019 @09:43PM (#21479575)
It's been a long time since I've watched network TV, but I can't recall EVER seeing ads for a TV show on a competitor's network.
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Re:Thousands of Facebook internal documents and emails publi... by VikingCoder on Friday November 08, 2019 @07:21PM (#21488455)
Hrmmm - well, I remember seeing HBO ads on all the networks. But your basic point is valid.
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Re:Thousands of Facebook internal documents and emails publi... by justanotherhn on Saturday November 09, 2019 @02:33PM (#21493735)
Did people forget the most recent case of this? "Disney bans Netflix ads from all of its TV channels except ESPN". [0]

Disney banned Netflix ads on its streaming service. How is that not the same thing? The monopoly argument crumbles when you realise how big Disney is compared to Netflix.

[0] https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/04/disney-to-ban-netflix-ads-fr...

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