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Will network affiliates revolt over payments?

Mediafrog+ said:
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Will Stations Revolt Over Network Payments?

Reverse comp fees are now eclipsing retrans, putting network affiliates in an impossible situation. Will the nets come to the negotiating table before it all implodes?
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How would they revolt? I couldn't imagine how much more expensive it would be to:
A. Pay for replacement programming or adding more local news to cover.
B Try to find enough worthwhile programming to cover all those formerly network hours that isn't garbage.
 
C. How to deal with the realities that the audience watches TV by app and not by channel number like in the past.
D. All we have to do is look at the recent Disney/Directv dispute to get some of the realities of where we are today. We seen how Disney puts more emphasis on Hulu and Disney+ than ABC given the median audience is there.
 
The question would be is the national programming worth paying for? I know that public radio stations say NPR programming is worth paying for. But if the TV networks devote most of their program development dollars to their own streaming networks, then the traditional TV network programming is less valuable. Especially when we see local affiliates getting into the local sports business again.
 
Kelly A said:
But there's no financial motivation for the networks to do that, no more than there is for affiliates not to renew their affiliate contract with the network.
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Networks can cut out the middleman in the affiliates and go direct. Cable TV doesn’t need affiliates with over the air feeds anymore. Streaming doesn’t need affiliates. The networks already own their feeds they can just sell it direct.
 
Don CT said:
Networks can cut out the middleman in the affiliates and go direct.
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But affiliates pay the network to be affiliates. Why on God's green earth would networks walk away from that revenue?
Don CT said:
Cable TV doesn’t need affiliates with over the air feeds anymore.
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And how has that worked today? Other than Fox News, cable networks are circling the financial drain. Are you saying linear TV networks should do the same when most already see what's happening with cable channels?
Don CT said:
Streaming doesn’t need affiliates. The networks already own their feeds they can just sell it direct.
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All the major networks already do streaming in some form. So far, only Netflix has been the leader.
 
TheBigA said:
You can't stream the networks without a "TV provider." In most cases that's a cable company.
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In the other cases, it's courtesy of the mindless neighbor who didn't bother to password protect his/her Wi-Fi service.
 
rosecitymedia said:
In the other cases, it's courtesy of the mindless neighbor who didn't bother to password protect his/her Wi-Fi service.
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Even then, you need to know their account, and the network will verify the service by sending a text before activating.

I do this myself when streaming networks outside of my house.
 
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