Why does MSNBC . . .

[Richard D]

. . . have so many bloody commercials for itself, repeated over and over and over and over, sometimes back to back.

Is there not enough material to fill up more time? Do they have any idea how annoying it is?

[Drale]

1. I never understood why any channel did that

aren't I already watch said channel, why do you need to have a commercial about yourself on your channel?

[PBS Poll-435]

3. For the ad revenue, stupid.

:rofl:

[PBS Poll-435]

2. So true...

I was painting a room last year (took WAY too long) and had the tv on MSNBC and I swear the ads nearly drove me insane.

And that was before the "Lean Forward" campaign.

[hlthe2b]

4. I can NOT take the Morning Schmoe " THE TRUTH!" bit one more

time! Thank God, i ditched the tv. I love my laptop too much to throw it out the window, however tempting.

[GeorgeGist]

5. Ego tripping ...

would be my best guess.

[bluedigger]

6. They would probably be happy to sell it to paying advertisers.

Most of it, anyways. They can't just stretch their programming to fill space, they have schedules...:shrug:

[Bravo Zulu]

7. How I avoid the commercials,

I download RM's and KO's pod-casts to zune and and watch them without interruption at my leisure!

http://www.zune.net/en-US/products/software/download/default.htm

[Motown_Johnny]

8. do you mean on line or on cable?

I canceled my cable so I only watch on line

[Richard D]

11. Online

It's not commercial advertising. that I could understand. Just advertisements for their own news shows repeated seemingly dozens of times per hour, each.

[Bravo Zulu]

13. Online,

I downloaded zune to my laptop (you can use itunes also) and the open zune to marketplace and download podcasts for free and play them when I want, msnbc audio is usually posted before midnight and video a little later, I usually watch the next day on my computer or transfer it to my mp3 player and listen too it in my car or when I go for a walk!

[Gold Metal Flake]

9. Local advertising opportunities.

Works the same in broadcast TV and radio.

[Xenotime]

10. It's the Microsoft way

[lonestarnot]

12. Mute them and look away.

[Mimosa]

14. All commercial cable channels do the same. n/t