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Future of linear cable channels?

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Mgomrjsurf said:
CNN,Food Nwtwork and so on will never show up for free but their content might.
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Isn't there a cross-reference chart out there somewhere that shows which streaming service carries the content from each traditional cable channel? I mean the native apps like Max, Disney, Paramount Plus, Peacock, not the cable-replacement aggregators like YouTube TV, Sling etc.

Seems like that kind of resource must be posted on a cord cutter site somewhere but I did a search and didn't find it.
 
Larry said:
How did certain seasons of certain tv series become public domain? A mistake with someone forgetting to file or renew a copyright registration?
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Generally speaking, yes. I don't know for sure if that was the case for "Beverly Hillbillies", but failing to renew is how most TV & movies that are in public domain got there.
 
tall_guy1 said:
Most cable channels are on autopilot, airing a few blocks of a handful of shows. How much longer will they last with more cordcutters?
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Love these general all-encompassing statements.
What cable channels are on autopilot? Last time I looked, (yesterday) all the news-pundit channels were cranked up with election chatter.
The Weather Channel and Accuweather were covering Debby the storm.
So, what do you mean by autopilot?
Is it that you're just disappointed by Cartoon Network because that's mainly what you watch?
 
Kelly A said:
Love these general all-encompassing statements.
What cable channels are on autopilot? Last time I looked, (yesterday) all the news-pundit channels were cranked up with election chatter.
The Weather Channel and Accuweather were covering Debby the storm.
So, what do you mean by autopilot?
Is it that you're just disappointed by Cartoon Network because that's mainly what you watch?
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Live news, and weather during big events, is just about all that's left, though. Sports is quickly getting scooped up by the streamers. Most other cable networks are running taped shows and marathons of old reruns while the latest content is more easily accessed on demand on the channels' respective streaming platforms.

Appointment viewing on cable TV is dead. The entertainment companies are moving the shows onto their streaming platforms, like MAX, because that's where the money is for them. They can get direct subscriptions without the cable middleman, and they can pile ads on top of the subscription fees they collect. It appears that many of them are deliberately making their cable channels seem less attractive in order to push subscribers onto their platforms instead.
 
Theater of My Mind said:
Live news, and weather during big events, is just about all that's left, though. Sports is quickly getting scooped up by the streamers. Most other cable networks are running taped shows and marathons of old reruns while the latest content is more easily accessed on demand on the channels' respective streaming platforms.
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I saw a survey recently that named the three primary reasons consumers have left cable"
1. Cost
2. Competition from social media and streaming
3. Mobile devices
Theater of My Mind said:
Appointment viewing on cable TV is dead.
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Appointment viewing/listening is dead for everything. Has been on the way out for over ten years.
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It appears that many of them are deliberately making their cable channels seem less attractive in order to push subscribers onto their platforms instead.
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I don't think that's the case, but they aren't spending the same time or investment on unique programming for a platform that continues to lose market share.

Heard a radio interview the other day with the Co-CEO of Netflix, Greg Peters. Greg said back in the day they decided streaming would be emphasized and they could see a day when they could be phasing out DVD rentals. Once that future was decided, they opted to un-invite the DVD division management to important strategy meetings. At first, I thought, ouch. But after thinking about it further, the DVD folks had to know they were dead staff walking.
 
Kelly A said:
Love these general all-encompassing statements.
What cable channels are on autopilot? Last time I looked, (yesterday) all the news-pundit channels were cranked up with election chatter.
The Weather Channel and Accuweather were covering Debby the storm.
So, what do you mean by autopilot?
Is it that you're just disappointed by Cartoon Network because that's mainly what you watch?
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Many cable stations outside of news or sports stations are on autopilot because there's nothing happening on them.

MTV - TV Schedule & Listings Guide This is what I mean.https://www.tvinsider.com/network/comedy-central/schedule/ Comedy Central is a bit better, but you start to notice the pattern after a while.
 
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tall_guy1 said:
Many cable stations outside of news or sports stations are on autopilot because there's nothing happening on them.
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What does that mean exactly? Are they just in color bars and tone?
tall_guy1 said:
MTV - TV Schedule & Listings Guide This is what I mean.https://www.tvinsider.com/network/comedy-central/schedule/ Comedy Central is a bit better, but you start to notice the pattern after a while.
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First of all, you do know we're in summer when traditionally no new programming airs?
 
Theater of My Mind said:
Live news, and weather during big events, is just about all that's left, though. Sports is quickly getting scooped up by the streamers. Most other cable networks are running taped shows and marathons of old reruns while the latest content is more easily accessed on demand on the channels' respective streaming platforms.

Appointment viewing on cable TV is dead. The entertainment companies are moving the shows onto their streaming platforms, like MAX, because that's where the money is for them. They can get direct subscriptions without the cable middleman, and they can pile ads on top of the subscription fees they collect. It appears that many of them are deliberately making their cable channels seem less attractive in order to push subscribers onto their platforms instead.
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A little curious why that is, though. They earned more money through cable subscriptions than streaming (they charged more--for example, ESPN fees were huge for cable providers, and there were more ads.)
 
Kelly A said:
What does that mean exactly? Are they just in color bars and tone?

First of all, you do know we're in summer when traditionally no new programming airs?
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There aren't many original shows on cable nets except for sports and news and most of the new stuff they advertise on their networks which used to be network originals are now streaming originals, so they fill their schedule with long blocks of reruns while prompting you to sign up for their streaming service to watch something newer.
 
tall_guy1 said:
There aren't many original shows on cable nets except for sports and news and most of the new stuff they advertise on their networks which used to be network originals are now streaming originals, so they fill their schedule with long blocks of reruns while prompting you to sign up for their streaming service to watch something newer.
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But, isn't that the way it's always been? Most of the 'original' shows were on subscription channels like HBO, and Showtime. Now those subscriptions have moved Video-On-Demand to streaming. Either way, you had to pay for them.
 
Kelly A said:
But, isn't that the way it's always been? Most of the 'original' shows were on subscription channels like HBO, and Showtime. Now those subscriptions have moved Video-On-Demand to streaming. Either way, you had to pay for them.
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I feel like a lot of basic (non-premium) cable channels used to produce a lot of originsl programming but now they are just rerun after rerun. Channels like OWN, Logo, MTV.
 
Kelly A said:
But, isn't that the way it's always been? Most of the 'original' shows were on subscription channels like HBO, and Showtime. Now those subscriptions have moved Video-On-Demand to streaming. Either way, you had to pay for them.
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Basic cable used to occupy a lot of the stuff now found on Netflix or streamers which weren't prestige TV. That Tom Brady roast would have been on Comedy Central years ago, but now on Netflix. Comedy Central shows The Office for 11 hours on Sunday, which long marathons like that weren't super common. Big Bang on TBS now runs for 7 hours straight most nights.
 
tall_guy1 said:
Basic cable used to occupy a lot of the stuff now found on Netflix or streamers which weren't prestige TV. That Tom Brady roast would have been on Comedy Central years ago, but now on Netflix. Comedy Central shows The Office for 11 hours on Sunday, which long marathons like that weren't super common. Big Bang on TBS now runs for 7 hours straight most nights.
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Again, what season are we in? Here I'll help you: Summer. Do TV networks, cable or otherwise release a batch of new shows in the Summer?
That would be a no. Been that way for decades.
 
Rollo-Smokes said:
This is the case for many cable channels regardless of the time of the year.
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Really? So what about some examples of basic channels that used to produce much more new content that no longer does? And when was this, because the 80's and 90's don't count.
 
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