[opendtv] Kagan: Retrans Fees to Reach $9.3B By 2020 | Broadcasting & Cable
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Kagan: Retrans Fees to Reach $9.3B By 2020 | Broadcasting & Cable
Retransmission fees paid to broadcast stations will reach $9.3 billion in 2020,
according to a new projection by SNL Kagan.
Kagan had previously estimated that retrans fees will hit $7.64 billion in 2019
and raised that to $8.78 billion in its new forecast.
This year, Kagan estimates that retrans payments will be $4.9 billion.
A big chunk of retrans fees going to affiliates will be sent to the networks in
the form of reverse compensation. Kagan figures that reverse comp could
increase to $2.33 billion in 2020 from $1.53 billion in 2015.
Over time, Kagan says affiliates will be getting increases in their monthly
retrans fees, but that networks will be getting 59% of the total.
Kagan esimates that broadcasters will be getting an average of $1.32 per month
by 2017, and that will top what most basic cable networks get, with the
exception of ESPN and TNT. The figure will also top what most regional sports
networks get.
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