Netflix cuts out over 6 days of commercials from your life per year, compared to cable TV | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

Netflix's refusal to show ads is a core part of its identity.

The company has always maintained that killing ads provides a better experience for its subscribers, and shows no signs of changing that position. And that stance has had an effect.

"We know one of the benefits of an ecosystem like Netflix is its lack of advertising," Howard Shimmel, a chief research officer at Time Warner, told Bloomberg last year. "Consumers are being trained there are places they can go to avoid ads."...