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So, if ABC doesn't want to lose ad revenue and they force ads on you, that is ok. If you don't like it, "record" it with your DVR.

The whole DVR thing is sort of like napster when it first started. A revolution in the distribution of media, but sort of a cheat. You watch what you want, when you want (well, sort of, but THIS was the revolutionary part), but you get to skip the ads (this is the part that is basically the "stealing" part. Whether you like it or not, that is how these programs are paid for. I like to skip them too, just like I like free music, but without the ad revenue, the shows will dry up).

Lets skip ahead to TV 2.0. Make EVERYTHING available on demand. Come up with some revenue models that make sense.

These might be:

1) Ad supported television (like your ABCs, NBC, etc)
2) Subscription based television (buy a "month pass to all HBO shows for $12", NO ads)

Or some combination. You can pay per show ($2-3 for HD) for NO ads, or you can just watch the ads.

Considering that TV "seems" free, we all get upset when it isn't. I don't like paying for a show I might not like, but that is where ads come in.

The Media companies need to get their heads out of the a** and come up with something that makes sense from a viewers point of view and the $$ point of view (I'll say it again, if everything was free with no way of making money, the shows will not exist, or if they do, the shows themselves will just be one big commercial).]]>Oct 29th 2008 9:52AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/10/29/verizon-delivers-fast-forward-disabled-hd-vod-content-from-abc/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/10/29/verizon-delivers-fast-forward-disabled-hd-vod-content-from-abc/Oct 29th 2008 10:14AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/10/29/verizon-delivers-fast-forward-disabled-hd-vod-content-from-abc/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/10/29/verizon-delivers-fast-forward-disabled-hd-vod-content-from-abc/
I guess if I had access to everything on ABC, I could see the positive in this.

Even when I watch a show live though, I usually wait till 20 minutes into the show to start it so I can skip the commercials, and i finish at the same time an hour later.]]>Oct 29th 2008 1:32PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/10/29/verizon-delivers-fast-forward-disabled-hd-vod-content-from-abc/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/10/29/verizon-delivers-fast-forward-disabled-hd-vod-content-from-abc/Oct 29th 2008 2:33PM