Re[2]: [OT] BSkyB patents ad skipping for digital video rec orders

[Bill Taylor <bill-taylor@xxxxxxxx>]

WD> Only 10%!  They obvoiusly don't charge much for an Ad slot ;-)

That's because they don't have much of an audience - except for the
football.


WD> -----Original Message-----
WD> From: Stuart Grimshaw [mailto:stuart.grimshaw@xxxxxxx]
WD> Sent: 06 January 2005 08:40
WD> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
WD> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] [OT] BSkyB patents ad skipping for digital
video
WD> recorders



WD> On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 21:39:10 -0000, Phil Harris <phil@xxxxxxx>
wrote:
>>
>>
>> Sky providing the ability to automatically skip ads would be
WD> a damn fool
>> thing to do given that they depend on both subscriptions and
WD> advertising for
>> revenue...

WD> I read somewhere that only 10% of BSkyB's revenue comes from Ads ...




Bill