08-06-2023, 05:12 PM
Don't get me wrong, we all would love to have ad less operations, but we're talking about a relatively small increase, in an increasingly difficult economic climate.
And we don't pay for these channels, at the end of the day, however public these channels are.
Maybe that's my Italianness, given here the commercial operations (outside of RAI) already run more than 12 mins of advertising at peak times (by showing less of them before 8-9pm), "thanks" to new EU laws, already applied in many countries.
That's annoying, but 12 minutes is the standard in the UK and beyond.
An annoyance, but a relatively minor one, given the current streaming era too.
Let's see, but I agree with ITV and Channel 4 that other commercial operations are exaggerating for the sake of it. Paramount likely has an interest in the pay TV business to protect, that's why they are opposed.
Sky really should have "no say" on news being ad-heavy, given Sky News
And we don't pay for these channels, at the end of the day, however public these channels are.
Maybe that's my Italianness, given here the commercial operations (outside of RAI) already run more than 12 mins of advertising at peak times (by showing less of them before 8-9pm), "thanks" to new EU laws, already applied in many countries.
That's annoying, but 12 minutes is the standard in the UK and beyond.
An annoyance, but a relatively minor one, given the current streaming era too.
Let's see, but I agree with ITV and Channel 4 that other commercial operations are exaggerating for the sake of it. Paramount likely has an interest in the pay TV business to protect, that's why they are opposed.
Sky really should have "no say" on news being ad-heavy, given Sky News