Ad-Zappers – How DVRs Are Hurting TV Networks

“We’re now losing upwards of 25 percent of the salable audience from our shows. In other words, if you take a show on FX, we get paid, from an advertiser standpoint, typically now for about 75 percent of the people actually watching the show. The other 25 percent are, in fact, measurably watching the show, but not watching the commercials.”