Comments on: Want more ads? Appears that you do. http://www.sparkminute.com/2009/01/31/want-more-ads-appears-that-you-do/ David Spark's segment on Green 960 AM (formerly 960, The Quake) Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:27:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: David Spark http://www.sparkminute.com/2009/01/31/want-more-ads-appears-that-you-do/comment-page-1/#comment-40583 David Spark Sun, 01 Feb 2009 16:23:50 +0000 http://www.sparkminute.com/?p=502#comment-40583 Well, let me ask you this, what takes you more time? To sit through a few more 15 second ads that may take a whole extra minute, or go through the incredibly annoying process of Bittorrenting an entire movie, which can take forever, and then loading it up to watch it? Well, let me ask you this, what takes you more time? To sit through a few more 15 second ads that may take a whole extra minute, or go through the incredibly annoying process of Bittorrenting an entire movie, which can take forever, and then loading it up to watch it?

]]> By: Thirdrail1 http://www.sparkminute.com/2009/01/31/want-more-ads-appears-that-you-do/comment-page-1/#comment-40540 Thirdrail1 Sun, 01 Feb 2009 02:37:13 +0000 http://www.sparkminute.com/?p=502#comment-40540 I actually paused Lost s02e14 on todou.com to go check twitter, found your link, and came over here. It's two tabs over as I type! Nice timing. For me, you could not double the number of ads. I watch Daily Show and Colbert at Hulu, and they're right at the edge. For me. And what I'd sit through to watch those shows. I probably don't speak for a very large demographic, but I consider streaming a convenient alternative to bittorrent. The minute anything doesn't stream to my satisfaction, I just grab the seed and steal it. I think, like you're suggesting, that commercial tolerance will depend a lot on the specific content. Looking at the continuum between say, Lost, and youtube videos, it seems like you're going need a show with a certain level of popularity to pull off ads. I actually paused Lost s02e14 on todou.com to go check twitter, found your link, and came over here. It’s two tabs over as I type! Nice timing.

For me, you could not double the number of ads. I watch Daily Show and Colbert at Hulu, and they’re right at the edge. For me. And what I’d sit through to watch those shows. I probably don’t speak for a very large demographic, but I consider streaming a convenient alternative to bittorrent. The minute anything doesn’t stream to my satisfaction, I just grab the seed and steal it.

I think, like you’re suggesting, that commercial tolerance will depend a lot on the specific content. Looking at the continuum between say, Lost, and youtube videos, it seems like you’re going need a show with a certain level of popularity to pull off ads.

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