Disney Nears $22 Million Deal for Country Music Association Awards (Exclusive)
The pricey renewal includes programming on ABC, Hulu and Disney+
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Disney Nears $22 Million Deal for Country Music Association Awards (Exclusive)
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With country music on the upswing again, this looks like a smart deal, at least in the short run. Country also surges in tough economic times, so runaway inflation and/or a stock market crash would only add to its popularity -- not that I want either to happen, of course!Disney Nears $22 Million Deal for Country Music Association Awards (Exclusive)
The pricey renewal includes programming on ABC, Hulu and Disney+
Meanwhile, the same publication reports that CBS has "balked" at a similar $22 million price for the ACM Awards. They say show producer Dick Clark Productions is shopping the show to NBC:
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DCP also produces The Golden Globes for NBC, and that awards show may not happen next year.
CBS Balks at Airing 2022 Academy of Country Music Awards Over $22 Million Asking Price, Declining Ratings (Exclusive)
Dick Clark Productions is shopping the show to NBC as part of a deal to renegotiate the troubled Golden Globes, TheWrap has learned
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DCP also produces The Golden Globes for NBC, and that awards show may not happen next year.
Let the bidding begin. I'm sure there's no shortage of interest among OTA and cable networks in picking up the ACMs, which traditionally have been regarded as the No. 2 industry award show behind the CMAs -- and have a reputation for being somewhat more adventurous and edgy than the CMAs without abandoning more traditional country sounds. In fact, with the current "edge" of mainstream country moving back in the traditional/Americana direction, the ACMs on CBS could move the careers of artists on the verge of major breakthroughs ahead more than the CMAs would.
Earlier articles in this thread have identified NBC as being interested. NBC has had an interest in country specials because of the success of Blake Shelton on The Voice. Dick Clark Productions does the ACM Awards, and they're looking for something to replace the Golden Globes (which they also produce for NBC) next year. The sticking point may be the price, since the ACMs are a lot more expensive.
When I started following country music, there were the CMAs and the Music City News Awards and that was it, other than the country categories in the Grammys. Everything exploded in the '90s.
BTW the CMT Awards are basically the latest incarnation of what was once the Music City News Awards when they merged with TNN in the 90s. Now they're both gone. They were a fan-voted award, rather than an industry award.
Today the ACM Awards announced their 2022 show will air exclusively on Amazon Prime. It will be the first major awards show to be streamed exclusively with no broadcast outlet.
Which means that they couldn't come to terms with NBC or Fox.
The labels will love that! People will watch the show, like the music they hear, stay on Amazon to buy more of it. Maybe won't get many casual viewers, and the total audience will be far short of what it would be on a TV network, but as a long-term strategy this may pay off. Just hope they haven't committed to too many years with Prime exclusively. You never know what the next big thing is going to be in new media. While it's unlikely that Amazon will turn into Myspace or Netscape, there's always the chance that anything currently hot online will go cold, very cold.
Amazon To Stream 'Academy Of Country Music Awards' In 2022
In an announcement on Thursday, the ACM Awards will move from CBS, which previously announced that it would be airing the Country Music Television awards show next year. A date and location will be announced later, but the show has been traditionally held in Las Vegas, although the pandemic...
tvnewscheck.com
Here is the release over the Country Music awards going to Amazon.
Assuming that people "buy" music any more. However, Amazon also has a music streaming service.
From which who benefits, besides Amazon? What's the split regarding royalties and other fees for artists, songwriters, musicians, producers and labels?
As far as buying music, obviously people still buy music, but in greatly reduced numbers. If Garth and Trisha, for instance, appear on the telecast, I can see viewers new to country music liking the song(s) and not only streaming them, but looking into the vast catalog of both singers and buying (in some form) music from that selection. Of course, with Amazon, there's always the possibility that the music seeker could choose to buy a used disc from a third-party seller, in which case everyone but Amazon and the seller gets nada, right?
That's a complicated question, but the CEO of the ACM addressed that in the press release:
While he's correct that music lives in the streaming ecosystem, the fact is more people stream music on Spotify and Pandora than Amazon. Neither of those sites are in the video streaming business.
Garth & Trisha actually have an exclusive deal with Amazon, so its very likely you'll see them on the show.
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