Snarly & exile, Very interesting comments. I'd love to get your thoughts on the future of the network + affiliate business model. I have no broadcasting background nor knowledge of the biz so....
Of the four national OTA networks in the US, do you think one or two may decide to exit the affiliate (local OTA) business model and go to strictly subscription based (cable or sat) broadcasting in the next decade? The networks are paying local stations to broadcast their programs while the cable & sat companies are paying the network for the same programming. Approximately 90% of the networks viewers are seeing network programing via cable/sat which generates $$$ to the network. Whereas approximately 10% of the networks viewers see network programming via OTA local affiliates which costs the network $$$. Assuming I understand how the network + affiliate business works, seems crazy to bother with paying to reach 10% of my customers when 90% of my customers come from a source that pays me. Thanks. -- toby10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ toby10's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82366 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
