Craig Birkmaier wrote: > You clearly do not have a clue about that which you > are speaking. Independent broadcasters struggle to > survive unless they are in large markets where they > can collect the crumbs that the O&O stations cannot > feed upon. If you want to make money as a > broadcasters you need to be affiliated with one of > the big five, or you need to be in a major market. ... > There is no comparison. > > Well maybe one. Try getting a locally produced food > item onto the shelves of a big grocery chain. Ah. Progress. Try to compete against Gillette and Schick with a new razor. Try to compete against Procter & Gamble with cleaning products. Try to get a new brand of olive oil on supermarket shelves. Try competing against the established auto companies with a new car (Bricklin, DeLorean?). I'm not saying it isn't difficult to break into the TV market as an independent producer. I'm only trying to put this in context, Craig. Compared to what? Bert ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.