XM is quickly approaching 1 million paying customers. Serius better get with
the program or prepare for a "Fire Sale" as I doubt they will make it. As XM
gets bigger...the competition seems to get dimmer and dimmer...Eddie

"Tom Randy" wrote in message
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On Sat, 12 Jul 2003 02:45:49 -0400, WShoots1 wrote:

Sat radio rocks!

Until it gets popular. Then watch the commercials come.

Bill in Texas


Maybe but people would bail on it if that happened.
It would be suicide, like what the AM/FM stations are doing now, commiting
suicide....

Ever heard of HBO?

On Sat, 12 Jul 2003 05:36:24 -0400, "Robert"
wrote:

Yeah. These kids don't remember Olden Tymes, when cable was being
born.

"Do what? You want me to _pay_ to watch commercials? That's like paying
twice!"

"No, you don't understand - cable will be commercial-free!"

Hah.

"Dave" wrote in message
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Ever heard of HBO?

What of it?




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Not the same vibe at all. Real commercials are meticulously crafted
to stimulate specific regions in the brains of ''consumers'' who have
been carefully cultivated to respond to the stimulus, since they were
small children. They are often insulting the very same people they
are motivating. That should tell you something.

On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 09:34:58 -0600, gray-beard
wrote:

Yes I have.
What do you think HBO is doing when they show you ten or so previews
between the movies? That's right those are COMMERCIALS.
Also why do you think they show previews of films that are in theaters
now or are coming out soon? You guessed it, more COMMERCIALS.
It's ALL about the money. The more they make, the more they want and
they will do whatever it takes to get yours.

Dave wrote:
Ever heard of HBO?

On Sat, 12 Jul 2003 05:36:24 -0400, "Robert"
wrote:


Yeah. These kids don't remember Olden Tymes, when cable was being
born.

"Do what? You want me to _pay_ to watch commercials? That's like paying
twice!"

"No, you don't understand - cable will be commercial-free!"

Hah.

You totally miss the point. You must be an AM radio fan.

On Thu, 17 Jul 2003 08:02:35 -0400, "Robert"
wrote:


"Dave" wrote in message
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Not the same vibe at all. Real commercials

"Real" commercials? You don't think a paid-for-broadcast movie
trailer constitutes a commercial?
Easy way to settle this - just demonstrate that HBO doesn't draw any
advertising revenue.




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Sorry Pal. I'm not in the target demographic and have never watched
''Sex in the City''.

Product placement is not commercials.

Commercials are scientifically designed little pieces of PsyOps mind
control with visual and audio cues to open certain ports in your
psyche. They are evil and should be avoided at all costs.

If I see a can of Coke in the movies I think: " tooth decay, type II
diabetes", and that's that.

I don't feel like I'm being screwed with on a sub-conscious level.

On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 16:17:15 -0600, gray-beard
wrote:

No, I think you miss the point.
Whether or not you get the "vibe" that it is a commercial, it still is a
paid for spot to sell something.
When you watch "Sex in The City", the main character opens up her pink
Apple Laptop computer for all to see. THAT is a commercial, paid for, by
Apple. She then gets with her friends and opens a can of Coke, another
commercial this one paid for by Coke-a-cola. Whether they bother you, or
not, is not the question. The fact is nothing on TV or Movies anymore
just happens. If you see a name brand anything, it is a paid spot, put
in that show and paid for by the sponsor.
When you see a short show between the movies. You know the ones. A
behind the scenes 30 minute exclusive about a movie that is now showing,
or about to be released. It may not give you the vibes of a commercial,
but HBO or Showtime, or whoever is showing it, either gets a direct
payment or gets that same movie for a reduced price when released to cable.
It's all about money.

GB

Dave wrote:
You totally miss the point. You must be an AM radio fan.

On Thu, 17 Jul 2003 08:02:35 -0400, "Robert"
wrote:


"Dave" wrote in message
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Not the same vibe at all. Real commercials

"Real" commercials? You don't think a paid-for-broadcast movie
trailer constitutes a commercial?
Easy way to settle this - just demonstrate that HBO doesn't draw any
advertising revenue.




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