So I understand that business-wise it works and there is money to be made by charging people to watch TV, but I’m wondering what dish/direcTV/etc actually do in terms of innovating and getting entertainment on the air? My understanding is that the money from commercials goes straight to the networks, what incentive is there for the networks to not just allow free streaming on their websites so that more people see the show and the commercials in it?
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Commericals are not from the cable company they are from the networks
Cable takes your money and uses that money to keep the infrastructure running and pay networks like nbc and Disney to show their channels.
The networks run ads to make more money.
The networks also buy content to run. That’s why sometimes the same show can be on multiple channels and movies and stuff.
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