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Could "Over The Air" TV Networks become National Cable Channels?

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tothedj

Someone on this board posed something that could take place in the near future,
could the major U.S. television networks become national cable channels?
With the switch to digital TV taking place September 8th in Wilmington, North
Carolina and the rest of the country on February 17th, 2009, it makes me
wonder if this might happen?
All the networks already have ownership in cable services, so this could work in
their favor, especially if they repurpose prime time shows like many are doing
right now.
As for local stations, this could open the doors to program more sydnicated
shows, news, and maybe set aside a digital channel for the the network cable
channel for those who choose not to subscribe to cable or satellite.
 
Networks already operate cable delivered channels - and even use them to develop and test some new programs or expand their entertainment base.

Take USA Network for example. It is a part of the NBC family and lots of programs from NBC have a second life there as well as some original episodes - Law & Order, Criminal Intent; Burn Notice, MONK, In Plain Sight, etc.)

There are others!
 
fusion, not synergy, in my opinion, will be result.
network=cable=HD=sats=internet=wait for it.....
ONE Big News Monopoly.
of course, there will be infinite blogs.....but....
one and only one News organization with an
actual street address in the United States.
of course, that will be outsourced, eventually.
 
The business of journalism is dying. Most of the true journalists have moved on to other things. Meanwhile, broadcast news suffers from a lack of concern for the truth and the whole story. No longer do you find fact checkers in broadcast newsrooms - and not many newspapers either.

The new media of the Internet suffers from the same thing. With today's technology and a creative web designer, anyone can appear to be credible! Problem is few sources are. The bloggers are the worst!

The idea of verifying a story through an independent source has long disappeared from the industry.
 
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