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<blockquote data-quote="sonome" data-source="post: 84671" data-attributes="member: 13406"><p><a href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/business/nine-to-sue-ad-blocker-company/2006/10/14/1160246373780.html" target="_blank">http://www.smh.com.au/news/business/nine-to-sue-ad-blocker-company/2006/10/14/1160246373780.html</a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This news article links the Channel 9 v. IceTV suit directly to the issue of users cutting out commercials. I find it this sort of backwards "head in the sand" logic by the tv broadcasters very disturbing. Surely their time and $ could be better spent on marketing and ad revenue tactics geared towards htpc users (whose numbers are growing daily) rather than trying to alienate those users altogether. If we're not attracted to watching broadcast television (not knowing what is on tv is a definite turn-off!), we're even more likely to move towards other media for our entertainment needs than the average tv viewer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sonome, post: 84671, member: 13406"] [url]http://www.smh.com.au/news/business/nine-to-sue-ad-blocker-company/2006/10/14/1160246373780.html[/url] This news article links the Channel 9 v. IceTV suit directly to the issue of users cutting out commercials. I find it this sort of backwards "head in the sand" logic by the tv broadcasters very disturbing. Surely their time and $ could be better spent on marketing and ad revenue tactics geared towards htpc users (whose numbers are growing daily) rather than trying to alienate those users altogether. If we're not attracted to watching broadcast television (not knowing what is on tv is a definite turn-off!), we're even more likely to move towards other media for our entertainment needs than the average tv viewer. [/QUOTE]
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