[opendtv] Re: How Do I Keep My Favorite Shows?

  • From: "Allen Le Roy Limberg" <allimberg@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 08:53:19 -0400

Local TV and weather runs continuously in the ancillary channel of WINK here
in south Florida.  My wife and I like it because we can watch any time we
please.

Al
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Craig Birkmaier" <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 6:32 AM
Subject: [opendtv] Re: How Do I Keep My Favorite Shows?


> At 10:13 AM -0700 8/19/10, Dale Kelly wrote:
> >>2. If the MVPD did not exist, and paid for the right to carry its
signal,
> >>then there would be no local weather or news. Otherwise, how would the
local
> >>station generate money to pay for programming prior to 1992?
> >
> >DUH! Folks would watch the stations using FOTA.
> >Stations would then receive increase AD revenues. (cable is a strong
> >competitor for local add revenues)
>
> Been there done that. The most remarkable thing about TV before cable
> was that families actually sat down together to watch one of 3-4
> programs.
>
> But that horse left the barn a long time ago.
>
> James was correct when he pointed out that cable helped broadcasters
> increase their audience, which in turn allowed them to charge more
> for ads. But then cable started to offer alternatives to those 3-4
> programs and the world changed. Now, with rare exceptions, less than
> 40% of the TVs that are being used watch those 3-4 programs, and yes,
> the MVPDs compete for ad dollars since they too have audiences to
> deliver to advertisers.
>
> It is not going to happen, but broadcasting would die rather quickly
> if the MVPDs pulled the plug and broadcasters had to rely on homes
> with antennas. What is more likely is that the congloms will pull the
> plug on broadcasters and deal directly with the MVPDs so that they
> can get their hands on the $20 billion that TV stations still collect
> each year.
>
> Regards
> Craig
>
> By the way, the audience that watches local TV news and weather is
> rapidly declining as well, despite the fact that these programs reach
> nearly all U.S. TV homes.
>
>
>
>
>
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