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> “…they index tv shows!?”

It makes more sense if you think of a production like AGT less as the reality show it pretends to be, and more as a promotional reel for labels.

Of course the content they choose to promote is indexed.



Your TV is actually actively “shazaming” everything you watch. That’s one way ads are attributed to you. TV manufacturers sell that data, that’s one of the reasons TVs are so cheap now - the ad view data is the real money.


Amazing how much the name we use can change the thing we see.


You could also call it a music factory, or indeed, spec work.




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