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[opendtv] Re: NBC turning flagship O&O into 24/7 news channel

From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 10:43:33 -0400

At 10:26 PM -0400 5/12/08, Jim Albro wrote:

Where does it say that the entertainment programing will be affected?
According to Broadcasting & Cable the 24/7 news channel will be aDTV subchannel and available on cable digital tiers, just likeWeatherPLUS. I imagine it will replace the current WNBC-DT channel4.3, which currently carries endless reruns of "wine country"travelogues from KNTV.

You're right Jim. It does not say that the entertainment programmingwill be affected and it is logical that they would carry the NewsChannel as a sub-channel on the digital broadcasts. But the storyalso suggests that the entire broadcast operation could go away, asthe real play here is to get more content onto cable.

I would not be surprised if within 5 years NBC pulled the plug onbroadcast operations and goes direct with cable and DBS across thecountry, possibly opening up more regional content centers to feed anational 24/7 news operation.

The article notes the declining profitability of local stations. Muchof this has to do with the local news audience, but it is alsorippling into all of the programming outside of prime time - andprime time ratings are down substantially as well.

If NBC were to move to cable distribution, they would pick up all ofthe non-prime time inventory that is now filled with syndicatedprogramming. They could easily fill up that time with shows thatwould develop talent for higher profile shows...


We could even see the networks get back into the game show business.

Funny how the old saw - "what goes around comes around" seems to apply.

Looks like broadcasting is returning to the heady days of the '50s,only this time on the way down instead of the way up.


Regards
Craig


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