toby10;593801 Wrote: > > 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.
Your information is dated. Local doesn't make their money from network now. Local pays network and gets X minutes of ads per hour to cover that cost. (Stupid? Yes.. the old business model made a ton more sense to me...) > > Approximately 90% of the networks viewers are seeing network programing > via cable/sat which generates $$$ to the network. > Whereas approximately 10% of the networks viewers see network > programming via OTA local affiliates which costs the network $$$. > Cable/Sat companies now routinely pay local affiliates (yes, again, I think that's dumb .. and right now it's renegotiation time, where everyone tries to get cable/satellite companies to pay them more...). Again, network doesn't pay local any more... the tables on that have turned in the last 10 years or so. Cable/Dish have their own problems as people find it harder and harder to justify spending $50 or more for service given the economy (and that HDTV is easier to get ota...). I don't think Comcast would be thrilled if everyone cancelled their TV service and streamed video on Comcast internet service... their pricing model would then change... -- snarlydwarf ------------------------------------------------------------------------ snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 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
