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Originally Posted by Adam43
Any of these platforms cost money to run and most are run by commercial enterprises.
There are infrastructure (transmitters, satellites, to control centres), wages, legislative fees amongst other things. Some is paid for by subscription, some by the channels. Left over is profit. If there is no subscription it is more likely to be paid for by the channel. Hence why it needs advertising (it also needs it to pay its staff and hopefully make a profit for the channel too).
Please note I know little of the workings of telly broadcasting, the above is just based on how the world works. I think the Internet has skewed people's perception with it apparently being free.  |
You are correct that SKY is a business and not a charity, but most of what you have listed is a cost to Motors tv on top of the SKY EPG listing. All you get is a channel number and the 7 day program guide. The signal is already being received by your box.
Advertising can be bought for as little as £5 for a 30 second slot on Motors tv (30 seconds during the X factor on ITV costs £35,000). With 12 minutes of adverts an hour, Motors tv will be broadcasting for between a week and a month just to appear on the EPG.