Looney Tunes and Tom & Jerry shorts classics goes off the air in the future on Boomerang

[AlNYC]

Well by the future to take Looney Tunes shorts classics along with Tom & Jerry shorts classics too off the air on Boomerang means all the Looney Tunes, Tom & Jerry, Popeye and Pink Panther is already on MeTV means that the Boomerang from Cartoon Network has to be the new and the best like:

Looney Tunes Cartoons (2020)
New Looney Tunes (formerly Wabbit) (2015)
The Looney Tunes Show (2011)
Loonatics Unleashed (2005)
Duck Dodgers (2003)
Baby Looney Tunes (2002)
The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries (1995)
Taz-Mania (1991)
Tiny Toon Adventures (1990)
The Tom & Jerry Show (2014)
Tom & Jerry Tales (2005)
Tom & Jerry Kids (1990)
Pink Panther & Pals (2010)
The Pink Panther (1993)

and more...

And MeTV will add more Hanna-Barbera cartoons in the future like Ruff & Reddy, Huckleberry Hound, Yogi Bear, Top Cat, Hanna-Barbera shorts cartoons, Atom Ant, Banana Splits, Wacky Races and much, much more...

 

[TVCOOL]

I'm a METV viewer and Cable TV is a dinosaur on life support

 

[TVCOOL]

I'm a METV viewer and Cable TV is a dinosaur on life support

Yep 👍

 

[davideduardo]

I'm a METV viewer and Cable TV is a dinosaur on life support

Prior to the big depression of 2008, cable peaked at just over 100 million subscribers. Today, it is estimated at around 75 million, with one source showing it this year at the mid-60's.

However, there is a notorious miscount for apartment buildings run in condominium fashion and HOAs in single and townhome communities that have blanket subscriptions.

As reference, there are about 120 million households in the US. That means that even today there are cable installs in two-thirds of all homes. That is hardly a dinosaur. Yes, it is in decline but it is far from moribund.

The worst thing about the decline in cable is the fact that "must carry" supports most medium and smaller market TV stations. And those stations are the only truly viable news source for local information in those markets. If cable goes below a profitable level, we will lose a significant source of news in a large percentage of the nation.

 

[TexasTom]

The worst thing about the decline in cable is the fact that "must carry" supports most medium and smaller market TV stations. And those stations are the only truly viable news source for local information in those markets. If cable goes below a profitable level, we will lose a significant source of news in a large percentage of the nation.

I assume that you meant to say retransmission consent supports those stations, not must carry? In any event, since cable and satellite TV are in a decline, it doesn't seem that the current financial models are going to stay viable -- but it also seems to me that this isn't the first time that medium/small market TV stations have had that worry, as historically some of these stations were fairly dependent on network compensation back in the days when that was still a thing, and that money not only dried up but the networks eventually moved to a reverse compensation model that has been viable only because of increasing retransmission consent payments in the last decade or so.

If retransmission consent fees start to dry up due to the decline of cable/satellite, that means that the reverse compensation fees paid by affiliates to their networks will also dry up. Since the big media companies seem to be anxious to move their premiere programming from broadcast to streaming services, the decline of reverse compensation might accelerate that trend. The question is how viable will medium and small market TV stations be if they have to depend on their local programming (primarily news) and local advertising?

 

[davideduardo]

I assume that you meant to say retransmission consent supports those stations, not must carry?

Yes, speaking of the cable payments to local must-carry stations which are fees for the use of the content. I use "must carry" since a system that is not obligated to carry a channel does not have to, of course, pay any kind of fee.

In any event, since cable and satellite TV are in a decline, it doesn't seem that the current financial models are going to stay viable -- but it also seems to me that this isn't the first time that medium/small market TV stations have had that worry, as historically some of these stations were fairly dependent on network compensation back in the days when that was still a thing, and that money not only dried up but the networks eventually moved to a reverse compensation model that has been viable only because of increasing retransmission consent payments in the last decade or so.

And that points out that most of those smaller market stations don't make money on the network content. They use the network to draw viewers to their news content, which is where they make most of their money.

If retransmission consent fees start to dry up due to the decline of cable/satellite, that means that the reverse compensation fees paid by affiliates to their networks will also dry up. Since the big media companies seem to be anxious to move their premiere programming from broadcast to streaming services, the decline of reverse compensation might accelerate that trend. The question is how viable will medium and small market TV stations be if they have to depend on their local programming (primarily news) and local advertising?

In my market, over half of the gross income comes from cable fees. If you figure that the operating profit (EBITDA) is likely below 30%, that means that a large decline in cable fees would make those stations unprofitable.

On the other hand, there are so many systems, technologies and services delivering video content that there has to be fallout and consolidation. The obvious is among paid content providers, but it also seems that we will end up´with fewer (or even a single standard) for technology based delivery such as Roku. The field is very crowded overall, and with today's pseudo-recession I can't believe the variety of sources can all survive.

 

[gregg75]

Looney Tunes should have been kept. I can do without Tom & Jerry.