yamfarmer@lemmy.world to Movies and TV Shows@lemmy.filmEnglish · 11 months agoNetflix axes its $10 ‘Basic’ plan in the US and UKwww.engadget.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up136arrow-down12cross-posted to: britishtelly@feddit.uktechnology@lemmy.world
arrow-up134arrow-down1external-linkNetflix axes its $10 ‘Basic’ plan in the US and UKwww.engadget.comyamfarmer@lemmy.world to Movies and TV Shows@lemmy.filmEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square9fedilinkcross-posted to: britishtelly@feddit.uktechnology@lemmy.world
minus-squareshmanio@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 months ago Subscribers can expect to see an average of 4 minutes of ads an hour at around 15 to 30 seconds each Isn’t this a lot? I can’t imagine watching a movie and being interrupted every 5 minutes by an ad. Do they clump them together and play 8 minutes of ads between the two halves of a two hour movie?
minus-squarejohnthedoe@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·11 months agoBack in the day sitcoms are 21minutes so around 8-9 minutes if ads in half an hour. 4 minutes is probably tolerable to some. But this is still a paid tier of Netflix right?
minus-squaremoobythegoldensock@geddit.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·11 months agoCable tv used to do 42 minute shows with 18 minutes of ads. It probably still does, but it used to, too.
minus-squareHunter2@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoIt’s probably 1 or 2 minutes of ads every 20 minutes.
Isn’t this a lot? I can’t imagine watching a movie and being interrupted every 5 minutes by an ad.
Do they clump them together and play 8 minutes of ads between the two halves of a two hour movie?
Back in the day sitcoms are 21minutes so around 8-9 minutes if ads in half an hour. 4 minutes is probably tolerable to some. But this is still a paid tier of Netflix right?
Cable tv used to do 42 minute shows with 18 minutes of ads. It probably still does, but it used to, too.
It’s probably 1 or 2 minutes of ads every 20 minutes.