> Jerry wrote: > format more run of the mill. If it were about what people wanted, they > would have done so. >
Probably faulty logic and here's why: follow the money. How do news networks make money? Advertising. That means that Fox sales folks have gone out and signed up advertisers (i.e., taken a share of revenue from that segment) and now those advertisers are, generally, off the market. This means that in order to make money in that segment, a competitor would have to feel they could make a business case to play follow-fox and that there's all kinds of untapped advertisers that aren't advertising with Fox that would sign up with another network for a different show - but attacking the same segment. That's not too likely. So what other networks do is try to tap other segments and find advertisers for those segments. In this way, consumers get choice and advertisers get clear market segments to advertise too. E.g., Toyota can sell Supras on Fox and Prii on CNN (if the stereotypes hold true). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:260849 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
