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Streaming is cable now | Seventeen years after Netflix and Hulu kicked off a streaming revolution, it’s looking more like cable than ever. (www.theverge.com)
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[–] 22 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Basic cable has always had commercials along with the over the air channels. Premium channels didn’t.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Yep, cable was first used to allow people to watch the same channels that were available over the air just from a more locations than what was available via antenna at their home (and with better reception), so it had the same commercials.

    Premium channels were commercial-less for 7 or 9 years (can't remember exactly) before the first premium channel decided to start running adverts.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    You're right. I guess I was remembering premium channels and some niche channels that were cable-only. Most channels available on early cable were just piping non-local broadcast channels down a cable.

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