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Re:YouTube TV sharply increases monthly subscription to $64.99 by mysterydip on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @06:12AM (#23699848)
Even PBS has ads nowadays. At the beginning of a show, "sesame street was brought to you today by support from viewers like you, and..." (ad for abcmouse, some minivan, etc plays)
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Re:YouTube TV sharply increases monthly subscription to $64.99 by jlcummings on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @07:08AM (#23700161)
The advertisers (?) are different, but more than 35 (!) years ago, I remember the same format, just different sponsors for different programming.
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Re:YouTube TV sharply increases monthly subscription to $64.99 by compsciphd on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @08:05AM (#23700484)
example from 1982: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtU6H5j6ozc
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Re:YouTube TV sharply increases monthly subscription to $64.99 by nojito on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @07:31AM (#23700300)
PBS has always been like that. That's how public broadcasting works.
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Re:YouTube TV sharply increases monthly subscription to $64.99 by mysterydip on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @05:10PM (#23706757)
No, it used to be where they would mention the name of the company on a still image and a quick blurb, like the other poster's youtube link. Now the company gets a whole 30 second ad like any other channel.
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Re:YouTube TV sharply increases monthly subscription to $64.99 by briandear on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @08:51AM (#23700768)
It’s “ad free” yet “sponsors” still get their name on the air.

How is that not advertising?

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Re:YouTube TV sharply increases monthly subscription to $64.99 by anonymfus on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @09:19AM (#23700977)
Because sponsor does not control the message?
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Re:YouTube TV sharply increases monthly subscription to $64.99 by skissane on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @03:31PM (#23705463)
> That's how public broadcasting works.

That’s how public broadcasting works in the US. A number of other countries manage to have public broadcasting without any private advertisements or sponsorship. (For example, Australia’s ABC.)

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