look like here ,in Israel,situation is better.
We have some state channels where ads are forbiden.
But they can have a sponsor.
So before and after ,you get the sponsor ad. But in a very retro way . No movie ,just a static picture with the product and a voice making a kind of radio ad!!!
It is so much plain retro - and short- what you allmost enjoy it!
We have 2 private channels who ,from time to time give some programs in a middle of ads.....
Anyway they give such bad and stupid programs that people watching it are the kind not seing difference between ads ans programs...
One of them may close soon by the way ,cause there is no room for 2 such garbages here.
Concerning cable or sat==== NO ADS ,period
We have 2 kinds of programs on cable/sat.
What i may call 'live chanels'= foreigner channels as CNN -Sky News-BBC-France -Germany-Spain-Italy and so on. Because people are from all around the word here ,we have a lot of this channels.
In this case you get the program live and get the same ads than anyone.
Cable or sat programs
Movies ,nature,wild life ,culture and many many others.
All of them must have hebrew subtitles - arabs and russian as well for digital-
And ,NO ADS.
The only ads they can put are ones for they own programs,and only between two programs.
Sure ,not the only raison ,but here allmost 100% of the country is with cable or sat TV.
To english..."i can't believe is not butter'
I still have this one in mind.....