Cable and Sat TV providers do pay the networks for the right to air them. So, in effect, we customers are paying for it. I don't have time to fully research this, but This Article shows that even bottom end channels like Court TV get money from the cable operators.
TV is not free for me. I pay $80 per month for the privilege. If I am paying for it, why do I still get commercials? I can see the "over the air" stations having commercials because they can be picked up for free. But I am paying to watch Discovery so why are there still commercials on it...
On my comcast, if I hit the FF again, the speed increases. The FF1 is only 2x but then FF2 is 4x etc. You can go to FF4 which is 16x I believe. If they prevent the FF during my recorded shows, I will just go back to my VCR or set up a PC dvr system. Comcast already disables the FF on the...