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Local stations want "streaming loophole" closed
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You will be paying the platform. YouTube TV, Sling, Amazon Prime, Fubo, Comcast, or one of those providers. They in turn will pay the networks and locals and all of the other content providers.
Why do I need to see locals on streaming and not just a national network feed.
Now THAT is a distinct possibility. Scripps already has its own news channel that airs on either its own stations or Ion affiliates that they control. I have watched it a few times, and I find it refreshing that they can just air news without the political bias that infests both the OTA and cable noise networks.
Probably not. CBS and the other networks will be forced to figure out ways to make their streaming services work. I don't know how well the CBS News app on Roku, etc. is doing financially, but they're still emphasizing their O&Os local news over their one national feed. We don't (yet) pay for that, but the jury is still out. I only watch the local broadcasts, mainly Chicago since I used to live there.
I don't know. Who is forcing you to see certain things?
These are decisions you will have to make when you choose a streaming service.
Because if there is breaking news in one of the network's O&O markets, the O&O is where you will want to be for accurate information.
Is there an FCC mandate that locals have to be a part of network feeds. Right now local news apps don’t show any network programs just local origination.
No. As I said, there are independent stations that operate without any network feeds. If you subscribe to an app, you just have to provide the information required by the app owner. But the news app only provides the local news, not any of the other programming on the local channel.
Can CBS or NBC bypass the affiliates and go direct. Are they required to have an affiliation with a local station.
The stations have contracts with their networks. Those contracts gives the stations exclusivity to carry that network's content in that market. Bypassing that affiliate would violate that contract. But there is no FCC rule. The networks each own streaming networks, and the programming on those networks bypasses the local affiliates.
I wonder if tv local news will go the way local radio news has (at least in larger cities), one or two all news stations using local and national stories/feeds.
If there's a big enough market, it will. In Los Angeles, KCAL-TV runs over 72 hours of local news per week. In the same city, KTLA runs over 90 hours of local news per week. But that's just for LA.
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Well...With KCNC 4 being a CBS O&O, I think there almost ZERO chance of that happening hereThey want YouTube TV and other streamers to be put in the same category as cable companies, meaning they'll have to negotiate with every network affiliate in every market individually for carriage rights.
Local ABC, CBS, FOX, & NBC Owners Want The FCC to Reclassify YouTube TV, Fubo, DIRECTV STREAM, & More As Cable TV Companies - What Does That Mean For Cord Cutting? | Cord Cutters News
Recently hundreds of local TV stations formed a coalition to ask the FCC to change the rules that allow live TV streaming services to sign big national deals with local TV stations. Currently, for example, YouTube TV, Hulu, Fubo, and more can strike a deal with Paramount for all CBS stations. In...cordcuttersnews.com
Now NBC, ABC, Fox, The CW & MyNetwork TV are different ballgames altogether
No. We will see a day when the local affiliates are out of business completely.
There is no business case today for a bunch of independent TV stations, and there will be less of one in 10 years when this all goes down.
In 10 years I can see broadcast TV disappearing all together and just becoming on demand streaming. Why should I have to wait for primetime to watch what I want. Sports will be sold direct from the leagues and skip the networks. The NFL can make more money charging consumers directly for every game.
It's not one thing or another. Millions of people are cord cutters, dropping cable, and watching broadcast TV, augmented by specific channels they get by streaming. That way they're able to do both: watch local channels (for free), and pay for the extra channels they want.
The free locals is the sticking point. They don’t understand that their signals are already free. You can’t expect people to want to pay for that now.
Their signals are free as long as people use an antenna. If people watch on YouTube, the station wants to get paid.
I hope this eventually happens for college sports too - I'd rather pay the colleges themselves to stream the sports I want to watch.
Very unlikely. One of the reasons schools sign with leagues like the SEC or ACC is for TV rights fees. Texas just shut down their own Longhorn network because they're joining the SEC. The SEC has it's own TV network deal with ESPN. Most likely you'll have some intermediary.
But with the Big 10 expanding to 18 teams next year, how will all the different schools games be on streaming/cable/networks?
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