I don't have a television either, and effectively haven't had access to one since September. I can't say I miss it at all, to be honest.
The house I'm living in next does have a television though. I'm assuming that it will have four channels — BBC 1 Scotland, BBC 2 Scotland, STV and Channel 4.
Say, I was wondering if advertisements are shown on cable channels like HBO in your country.
In the not so distant past, adverts were the sole domain of the terrestrial channels. In recent years however, adverts have launched a creeping invasion of my beloved cable channels. It is especially worse for the cricket channel when an advert would be shown every 2 or 3 overs. It's dreadfully annoying. Nobody goes off for a commercial break in a Uefa champions league match, do they? _________________ Hillary Clinton is an acquired taste which I have clearly yet to acquire.
If memory serves, there are plenty of commercials on regular cable. Not sure about Cinemax and HBO, as those are premium channels (you pay even more for them) and I haven't had those for years.
I think in the beginning there weren't any commercials on cable, since your monthly fee was the main source of revenue for those channels, but once cable became so common, commercials were inevitable -- revenue or not, advertisers still need to reach their target market. _________________ An apple a day....
I think on cable television in the states that they advertise shows that air on HBO to entice someone to ordering a premium channel. I nearly ordered showtime because it has one of my favorite shows on television "Dexter". Though instead I was able to download all the episodes to watch but nearly got in trouble at the end because the movie studio promoting the show sent me aa nasty e-mail stating that they would sue me unless I remove those shows off my computer. I felt a little exposed at that moment.
Provided you are in an Australian capital city or nearby:
TEN - commercial (rubbish)
NINE - commercial (rubbish)
SEVEN - commercial (rubbish)
SBS - foreign language broadcaster (quite good)
ABC1 - government broadcaster which mostly produces interesting shows and broadcasts a lot of BBC stuff (quite good)
I got digital a month ago because the analogue signal at my place is pretty terrible. I get everything on digital except seven which does not emit signals too well here. Digital also had two more stations:
SBS news - news service of any foreign language thinkable
ABC2 - repeats and other extra shows which is quite good
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