Originally Posted by livexxx

TV stations sell advertising or subscriptions.

The ONLY ONLY ONLY reason a tv station can exist is to sell advertising revenue by inserting content around ad breaks. That is the ONLY reason they exist.

Come to grips with the fact its advertising FIRST, with shows AROUND that, and then you'll understand everything else.

apart from the BBC, but don't be fooled as they use that to drive BBC Worldwide and various over JV's, which errr, make money