No, it sounds like economics and commons sense. I'm trying to figure out why TV stations aren't doing it. You've suggested it is like manners and culture where some things are "simply not done" and without proper comportment you are "nobody".
But yes, that last part seems like a legacy cultural issue and if there is not more to it then I suspect it will change.
- Tom John Willkie wrote:
Cities with 5 or 6 tv stations -- maybe 4 local Tv news departments -- have at best one local daily newspaper. Is this a legacy issue? John Willkie-----Original Message----- From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tom Barry Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 4:32 PM To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [opendtv] Re: CES Buzz Missing on STB Hey, I always believed Gore won that one. ;-) I'm sure the market would provide if we needed multiple news sources (and were willing to pay for them). And I agree any news monopoly is a bad idea for society. (That would be truly "Foxed" up!) However I cannot believe TV stations are doing this for altruistic reasons anyway. So, just thinking selfish economics for a moment, why couldn't a news organization that provide news to 2-3 stations or cable companies not be more efficient than a news organization that provided news only to a small also-ran station that carried news only to remain a network affiliate? Is having their own news really profitable to small stations? - Tom Mark Schubin wrote:Tom Barry wrote:Maybe somebody can tell me why local news is mostly associated with local broadcast stations? Is that just a legacy? It would seem there would be a greater economy of scale if local news was franchised or done by independents and then sold non-exclusively (without ads) to anyone who wanted to broadcast it, including the local broadcasters who were reluctantly forced to carry local news, the local cable companies if they wanted it, and the national or world news networks whenever something of sufficient national interest was happening locally.Remember the 2000 election, the one that was first called for Gore on all networks? That's one thing that can happen when everyone relies on the same source of news. TTFN, Mark ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.-- Tom Barry trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx Find my resume and video filters at www.trbarry.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.----------------------------------------------------------------------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.
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