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Old 23-10-2025, 16:45   #706
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Do they not have ads? How is it funded?
No ads,
Google cannot run ads in Albania because the Albanian language is not supported by Google Ads and Google AdSense. While advertisers can run campaigns with English ads targeting Albania, these ads are not displayed to Albanian users, and the Albanian language is not an option for targeting. This is because Google's systems either reject ads in Albanian or do not show them to users in that region, impacting the ability of Albanian businesses to monetize their Albanian-language websites.
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Old 23-10-2025, 22:16   #707
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Norman Wisdom is a legend/folk hero in Albania. Interesting that.
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Old 24-10-2025, 16:53   #708
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Sounds like quite a country…
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Sounds like quite a country…
A Country with no Google ads . . . Paradise found
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A Country with no Google ads . . . Paradise found

Hahaha, if their business model was adopted by our TV, radio & streaming services, we would have everything for free with no adverts
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Old 25-10-2025, 02:15   #711
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Sounds too good to be true, doesn’t it?
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Sky Max to become Sky One again at the end of this year:

https://mediamole.co.uk/broadcasting...tober-30/5612/
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Re: Virgin TV (2025)

I suspect January is more likely
https://www.skymedia.co.uk/news/wbd-...ip-uk-ireland/

Isn't there a change freeze from early December.

They are basically going to just reverse the Sky Showcase and Sky Max changes aren't they? Possibly with more original drama.

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I suspect January is more likely
https://www.skymedia.co.uk/news/wbd-...ip-uk-ireland/

Isn't there a change freeze from early December.

They are basically going to just reverse the Sky Showcase and Sky Max changes aren't they? Possibly with more original drama.
I think the odiginal dramas may go predominently to Sky Atlantic, when the HBO streamer launches. I may be wrong, but Sky will have to prepare to ensure Atlantic is able to show new, original dramas. Sky Studios are ramping up their new productions for this very reason.
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But they getting shown on Sky Showcase of late and branded on Virgin as Sky Showcase which remains unexplained.

Sky Group press releases are carefully worded aswell now , just say 'Sky and Now' , compare this to Sky Documentaries , Sky Cinema and Sky Arts for example.

The way it's packaged on Sky Stream is weird aswell.

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But they getting shown on Sky Showcase of late and branded on Virgin as Sky Showcase which remains unexplained.

Sky Group press releases are carefully worded aswell now , just say 'Sky and Now' , compare this to Sky Documentaries , Sky Cinema and Sky Arts for example.

The way it's packaged on Sky Stream is weird aswell.
Quite a few Sky Atlantic shows previously exclusive to Sky Atlantic are being shown also on Sky Showcase. Not all, though.
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They also been showing some on Sky Sci-Fi (in particular the ones due to exipre)

Newer Sky Originals especially are shown on Sky Showcase, newer HBO shows doesn't really matter now since they also will be on HBO Max anyway (pretty much everything before April 2022 becomes exclusive to HBO Max), they don't appear to show HBO Comedies on Sky Showcase either.

Not sure why On Demand section even exists for what was intended as linear only brand , not explained.

There is only 2 reasons why this is could happening.

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Sky One and Sky Comedy is all they need surely? everything else can be on demand surely with HBO Max?
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