tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9823746.post111237399004748757..comments2024-02-02T05:29:15.989-05:00Comments on MediaCitizen: Cable’s Digital Future Too Close for ComfortTimothy Karrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18428218526755405762noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9823746.post-1113869917527845342005-04-18T20:18:00.000-04:002005-04-18T20:18:00.000-04:00You wrote: "Companies like Comcast, Cox Communicat...You wrote: "Companies like Comcast, Cox Communications and Time Warner have spent nearly $95 billion since 1996 to make VOD a reality."<BR/><BR/>I do not see how you can come up with a VOD number that high unless you are saying that every capital expenditure to deliver analog, digital, internet, vod, and voip is levied against VOD along.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9823746.post-1112504711832133372005-04-03T00:05:00.000-05:002005-04-03T00:05:00.000-05:00I also feel more than annoyed when I have to watch...I also feel more than annoyed when I have to watch advertising formerly reserved for TV, while I'm at a movie theatre.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9823746.post-1112402802318653692005-04-01T19:46:00.000-05:002005-04-01T19:46:00.000-05:00This practice, known as “commercial avoidance,” th...This practice, known as “commercial avoidance,” threatens to bring the $60-billion-a-year TV advertising business to its knees. According to a recent Smith Barney report, the tipping point for commercial avoidance devices could come as early as 2007, when the television industry may lose as much as $7.6 billion -- or about 10 percent of its annual ad revenue -- as companies seek other ways to spyderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14251017646611361354noreply@blogger.com