Re: Banner Banter

Michael Coates (michael_at_sipr.com)
Sat, 7 Sep 1996 10:33:30 -0700

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RE:
> Suppose that TV had been invented yesterday. Further suppose that
>you are trying to sell the TV idea - "Okay, 20 minutes of entertainment,
>mixed with ten minutes of commercials" - it sounds improbable. Some folks
>watch TV, and some don't, but I have never heard of anyone giving "too many
>ads" as their reason. Now, isn't this an almost exact parallel to a
>web-page...except that the "show" is boring, and the ads are uninspired.
>What's really lacking is not bandwidth, but creativity.

While I think many of your comments were right on target, but the "too many
ads" as a reason for "not-watching" TV. I think that is what has kept
public TV alive and driven much of the cable development. Commercial-free
entertainment has an appeal.

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