It just now occurred to me, five minutes after reading it, that the post itself is a joke.
I'm tempted to say "well played", but that would only encourage you.
On the other hand, not saying "well played" won't stop you, so...
Well played.
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It just now occurred to me, five minutes after reading it, that the post itself is a joke.
I'm tempted to say "well played", but that would only encourage you.
On the other hand, not saying "well played" won't stop you, so...
Well played.
Nexstar is very much aware of streaming as they pretty much said in their statement for people to go watch it on Disney+ or Hulu instead. "In the meantime, we note that Jimmy Kimmel Live! will be available nationwide on multiple Disney-owned streaming products."
That's interesting. So they wouldn't mind if ABC makes the whole network available on streaming TV? That way they'd no longer have exclusivity of the sports packages on weekends? Maybe ABC should say the stations can't brand themselves with the ABC logo anymore. This could lead to these stations needing a lot of expensive programming quickly. Most stations fiercely guard their network affiliations. This group doesn't seem to care.
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This part where Nexstar is pre-empting Jimmy Kimmel that’s all a ploy to push for the Nexstar/Tegna deal and a ploy to protect a network they own it’s the CW. In Sacramento if the merger deal between Nexstar and Tegna is approved then one of the local stations would have to kick out either ABC from Tegna owned KXTV or Kick out Fox from Nexstar owned KTXL and send one of these networks to Hearst KQCA Sacramento it’s because Nexstar has the final say who gets to be the CW affiliate. I don’t think for one second Nexstar really cares what happens to Jimmy Kimmel or the View in the same way Disney does.
Why would a major network want to be on a sub channel.
I sure did not expect this, but then I did not expect the two largest groups of affiliates to say "no thanks".
I incorrectly predicted his permanent firing, mostly because the three post-late news network shows are losing money. I wonder if they are all thinking that they need a full schedule of network offerings all day to sustain the OTA business model.
Is the Kimmel show sustainable without the two larger groups and several smaller operators? For about 75 years, TV networks have had a sales model that is based on near total national coverage.
I incorrectly predicted his permanent firing, mostly because the three post-late news network shows are losing money. I wonder if they are all thinking that they need a full schedule of network offerings all day to sustain the OTA business model.
Is the Kimmel show sustainable without the two larger groups and several smaller operators? For about 75 years, TV networks have had a sales model that is based on near total national coverage.
The bigger question is: Can the networks operate profitably as streaming outlets without licensed affiliated stations?
Given the likelihood of some change in ownership caps, perhaps the traditional network/affiliate model is obsolete.
We know that viewership of broadcast TV is now under 25%. Is that a sustainable model?
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Tegna and Gray are not.
Let's broaden this a bit. We know that WTBS and WGN operated as "superstations" for many years. Could ABC do that with WABC? Make deals with cable companies to put that station in markets where there are network holes. Also do geo-fenced streaming, where the stations would be available in those markets. Bypass broadcast TV completely.
Nextstar & Sinclair caused Kimmel to be suspended, ABC caved to pressure from the angry viewers who threating their bottom line lead to Kimmel to return, but the boycott still stands with the 2 broadcast companies that triggered this to begin with, for those in markets where Nexstar & Sinclair owns your local ABC Station, Jimmy Kimmel Live's YouTube channel & Hulu/Disney+ is the only way to watch the show.
I thought superstations were phased out.
It would be easier to just put the big 4 on cable direct and not have affiliates.
I think Kimmel has rights to his show. Not sure if ABC owns it outright.
It's co-owned by Kimmel's production company and 20th Television, which is Disney.
Guys: As soon as Disney said "we're putting him back on", Nexstar and Sinclair lost their leverage. They made their play to take Kimmel off nationwide and curry favor with the administration. It worked for six days, only three of them broadcast days, as Kimmel doesn't have new shows on Fridays.
Now, Nexstar and Sinclair are bucking breach of their affiliation contracts. Disney's not going to pull the show again, so that's the only road.
Their best play is to get the show back on the air, shrug and tell the administration "we tried" and hope that gets their respective acquisition deals approved.
Disney will have to face the heat alone, and with this move, it's basically acknowledging that. If anybody's got the legal muscle for a fight with the feds, it's Disney.
Now, Nexstar and Sinclair are bucking breach of their affiliation contracts. Disney's not going to pull the show again, so that's the only road.
Their best play is to get the show back on the air, shrug and tell the administration "we tried" and hope that gets their respective acquisition deals approved.
Disney will have to face the heat alone, and with this move, it's basically acknowledging that. If anybody's got the legal muscle for a fight with the feds, it's Disney.
For everyone who thinks this kind of pressure started with Trump. And no, I'm not siding with any administration.https://www.mystateline.com/news/politics/google-admits-biden-censorship/
The reaction of health officials in the midst of a pandemic is not comparable to Carr, upfront and on the record, pushing actual consequences that potentially affect an actual matter before the FCC (the Nexstar/Tegna merger.)
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