{"id":10647,"date":"2007-02-06T02:44:41","date_gmt":"2007-02-05T23:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2007\/02\/06\/on-subscription-television\/"},"modified":"2007-02-06T02:44:41","modified_gmt":"2007-02-05T23:44:41","slug":"on-subscription-television","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2007\/02\/06\/on-subscription-television\/","title":{"rendered":"On Subscription Television"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/slashdot.org\">Slashdot<\/a> is running <a href=\"http:\/\/slashdot.org\/articles\/07\/01\/27\/1820252.shtml\">An Essay On Subscription Television<\/a>.  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