I think what is now OTA local TV news is trying to set itself up for what comes after broadcast. For KCAL, that probably looks like an app at the bottom of your smart TV screen next to Netflix and HBO Max. Click the icon and get the news.
The cable companies have a sort of reprieve. With the semi-recession expanding into what appears to be a full one, there is a resurgence of both OTA TV usage and cable because of the high cost of all the streaming apps. OTA is the biggest beneficiary, but basic cable is also seeing significant increases.
I think that's temporary, David. I wouldn't stake the future of a local newscast on that still being the case in ten years.
It wasn’t just about football. It was about Ron Perelman and New World making a cosmically awful groupwide affiliation deal with Fox in May 1994 that short-term damaged those stations (some almost beyond repair) and long-term decimated whatever future the Fox network had.
the new world stations didn't carry the old CBS This Morning, also they sometimes bump Letterman when it started in 1993. It's all about the performance of CBS was the reason they move to smaller network like Fox
When there’s nothing of value on cable (with some channels being outright zombies) and OTA in a position of having to add local news in unrealistic qualities because the syndication market is near death, let alone network primetime becoming a continual advertisement for streamers…
Source? The latest data I saw was continued hemorrhaging of cable and satellite subscribers across all packages, to the tune of 1.7 million in Q3 2022.
when is the last time that a gen z bought an antenna just to watch PBS Kids or Scripps News.
As I said, the predominant segments of the OTA users are Hispanics, Blacks and low income whites as well as limited income seniors.
Lemme get this straight, I though the pandemic would put Dish Network or smaller cable providers out of business except for broadband but we ended up with Quibi and CNN+ being the only key casualties but how can the streamers struggle even they benefit the pandemic lockdowns. We seen newer shows cancelled, cheaper ad tiers, venturing into live production (YouTube is no longer just a name for short-form streaming), vertical integration (Amazon's cloud business powers up both Prime Video and Twitch in the same server along with it's rivals), do nothing government (big tech antitrust scrutiny and the repeal of the Paramount Consent decrees), layoffs, domino effects to other industries like newspapers and news sites like Yahoo, Buzzfeed, Vice, Vox, etc. and rumors about Hearst or Graham being the next M&A targets like AMC Networks and Lionsgate.
You forgot Minneapolis. They are the 14th CBS O&O
www.cbsnews.com
IIRC, Fox bought a 20% stake in New World Communications in 1994, resulting in all of those stations switching to Fox as soon as they were able. The NFL moving the NFC games from CBS to Fox was the biggest push to get that done. Many of those New World stations were in NFC markets, and some had been CBS affiliates (Phoenix, Milwaukee, and Detroit come to mind immediately).
It was a titanically awful deal that hurt many of those stations (WJW and KTSP tanked badly and KTBC never recovered) and Fox had to bail out the company two years later.
