It lacked a satellite or cable "platform" on which to deliver programmes-yet tried anyway to sell directly to customers, with all the costs that entailed.

它没有卫星或者电缆“平台”来传送节目，但是它想尽了一切办法将节目直接卖给消费者，由此产生的一切费用也落到消费者头上。

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DB9M-to-USB cable (optional if your host platform has an RS-232 port).

DB9M - to - US b线缆(如果主机平台有RS - 232端口，它就是可选的)。

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This, Nielsen speculates, may be because younger consumers are platform agnostic: to them, video is video, whether viewed online or via cable TV, for which they already pay.

尼尔森推测，这可能是由于更加年轻的消费者是平台的不可知论者：对他们来说，视频就是视频，无论是来自网上还是来自他们已经付费的有线电视。

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Advertisers usually make deals with Viacom to buy ads across the entire platform including cable channels like MTV and Spike.

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