Full disclosure: I have no interest in Glenn Beck, whatsoever. Therefore, I don't follow his story nor listen to his radio or TV show. I happened to be over at a relatives house and they had, what turned out to be, his last Foxnews TV show on. He didn't explain much. I know that he's starting something of his own on video, but what is it? His own cable TV network? A pay-per-view thing? Internet only? Will it be syndicated? I don't have the desire to fish around his website.
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What is GBTV?
- Thread starter johnbasalla
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IIRC, it'll be online only, though who knows if they plan to expand it.
I wonder how well this will actually do. I mean what's left to provide after 3 hours of his radio show?
I could see it possibly working if the same stuff wasn't already available all week long for 3 hours a day, but who wants to watch something from their computer that much?
It wouldn't surprise me if in a not so short period of time Beck will be appearing as a guest on OTHER talk shows to discuss his prophetic content because he will have lost his radio show and only fringees will actually be paying to hear it from a webcast.
I could see it possibly working if the same stuff wasn't already available all week long for 3 hours a day, but who wants to watch something from their computer that much?
It wouldn't surprise me if in a not so short period of time Beck will be appearing as a guest on OTHER talk shows to discuss his prophetic content because he will have lost his radio show and only fringees will actually be paying to hear it from a webcast.
Beck would like nothing better than to truly be his own boss. If he can make GBTV fly then you will see his deal with Premiere expire when his current contract is up and he may only be doing online video. It would take a ton of people at $4.95 to pay for that operation (not just him but equipment, servers, technical people as well as paying his other on air hosts etc) so I am not sure where his tipping point would be. Love him or hate him i think this is something to watch very closely here.
Signal_Faded said:
Beck is already his own boss. Premiere just distributes his show, while his company Mercury Radio produces it. I think it would be a bad idea to let that deal expire. How much do you want to limit your audience?
When does his Premier deal expire?
Here in Cincy we get beck 9-12, rush 12-3,hannity 3-6, savage 7-10, levin 10-12.
I'd really like to listen to something new. Of the above, it wouldn't bother me to lose hannity one bit. His message is nearly identical with rush (who I only listen to when there is real news going on).
I'd hate to lose beck on radio, simply because he is excellent at pointing out how the media and DC are corrupted, but 3 hours is too much. Three hours of anyone is too much.
Maybe the 3 hour standard can be shifted to 2 hours and let someone new in. (fat chance)
Here in Cincy we get beck 9-12, rush 12-3,hannity 3-6, savage 7-10, levin 10-12.
I'd really like to listen to something new. Of the above, it wouldn't bother me to lose hannity one bit. His message is nearly identical with rush (who I only listen to when there is real news going on).
I'd hate to lose beck on radio, simply because he is excellent at pointing out how the media and DC are corrupted, but 3 hours is too much. Three hours of anyone is too much.
Maybe the 3 hour standard can be shifted to 2 hours and let someone new in. (fat chance)
What I'd rather hear is a talk show that has two hosts, one lib and one conservative, where both are equally gifted at presenting their points of view and arguing with the other person that way it's less of an EGO, and more discussing the issues, not so much self promotion for their various online products, ice tea products, neck ties, tee shirts, I hate Obama signs, etc, etc, (Hannity and Colms, on Fox cable, were not an even split as Hannity's mouth is far louder and never stops yapping vs the quieter Colms - he seemed to be more of a "straight man" for Hannity's rants). So maybe Ed vs Hannity. Two big mouths, both aggressive, neither yielding to the evil enemy on the other side of the isle. Of course the network would have to check both for weapons before allowing them to enter the studio and strap them into their seats out of arms reach of the other so they'd not be literally dukeing it out - haha !
But that would be a far more interesting radio talk show than simply hearing the same ole same ole day in and day out where each side can exaggerate about the other side and not be called on it right then and there. Let's face it, if Ed exaggerated about the GOP Hannity wouldn't let him get away with it any more than Ed would allow Hannity to exaggerate stuff about the Dems. Maybe call the show "Truth Detector", or the "Battle of the Talking Heads", "Lib vs TEA", etc.
But that would be a far more interesting radio talk show than simply hearing the same ole same ole day in and day out where each side can exaggerate about the other side and not be called on it right then and there. Let's face it, if Ed exaggerated about the GOP Hannity wouldn't let him get away with it any more than Ed would allow Hannity to exaggerate stuff about the Dems. Maybe call the show "Truth Detector", or the "Battle of the Talking Heads", "Lib vs TEA", etc.
am-9 Jim Scott is OK but I rarely listen unless i'm on the road that early in the day.
9-noon is Doc Thompson: just can't listen to him for very long. He sounds so polished and 'professional' it's annoying.
noon-3 Willie is always good, the best.
3-6 Total waste of drive time, never listen.
after 6pm...nothing worth listening to
9-noon is Doc Thompson: just can't listen to him for very long. He sounds so polished and 'professional' it's annoying.
noon-3 Willie is always good, the best.
3-6 Total waste of drive time, never listen.
after 6pm...nothing worth listening to
Saw today in the trades that GBTV will launch with 230k subscribers paying $9.95 each. 2.2+ mil per month is no chump change. Now...he does seem to have a huge staff and the technical side of what he is doing is sure to cost a ton but that is quite a tribe he has to start. Will be very interesting to see how this goes. Love him or hate him the guy is taking a big risk...and if it pays off others will be rushing to copy him.
There isn't enough conservative talk on radio and cable TV that you've got to pay to watch Glenn Beck. You could listen for free for 3 hours 5 days a week via your Premiere Radio station (owned by CC). Beck's trolley seems to have slipped off the tracks as even many conservatives have lost interest, but yet he managed to get 230K folks to pay $9.95 pr month just so they can hear his rantings. Some wise man once said, a fool and his money is soon parted. Got to give Beck credit for having a touch of the PT Barnum in him. A sucker born every minute, never smarten up a chump. Or was that WC Fields who said that.
I heard a radio ad for GBTV on 550 AM in Phoenix, Beck is or was on another station in Phoenix (960 AM,) so getting people to sign up for the venture is obviously a priority.
Fox was essentially a free ad for his radio show, It seemed much of his radio show was telling people to tune in to the TV show. (I wonder if Hannity lost the TV gig if his radio show would suffer?)
With all the free stuff on the net, I wonder if GBTV will work? It won't be cheap to provide the technical Internet infrastructure for 250k people. People might just spend money on a new computer, smart phone, or satellite or HD radio, instead of $9.95 a month for Beck.
Fox was essentially a free ad for his radio show, It seemed much of his radio show was telling people to tune in to the TV show. (I wonder if Hannity lost the TV gig if his radio show would suffer?)
With all the free stuff on the net, I wonder if GBTV will work? It won't be cheap to provide the technical Internet infrastructure for 250k people. People might just spend money on a new computer, smart phone, or satellite or HD radio, instead of $9.95 a month for Beck.
If Beck's crew wants this to work, they need to (and seem to be trying to) convince people that GBTV is more than just Glenn Beck's show - it should be a media gathering point for that uber-conservative audience. They're doing this too - advertising on stations Beck isn't on, but target the conservative-leaning news/talk audience.
This is a direct remedy for the (potential) downfall of con-talk - this is a much more direct form of monetization for the hard-core conservative "9-12 Project"/Tea Party audience who are Beck's mega-fans. While AM conservative talk may no longer attract enough numbers and advertisers for profitability, charging for access provides content to the conservative talk audience without the requisite mass-appeal of a broadcast radio station. It's the perfect way to target a larger small audience.
Also, isn't this actually Premiere backed, at least in part? Beck was branding his studio webcam for "Insider" members through the Premiere Streamlink service as "GBTV" for quite a while before this service launched. I don't think Beck is trying to gain his independence from Premiere, he's putting all of his eggs in the CC basket.
This is a direct remedy for the (potential) downfall of con-talk - this is a much more direct form of monetization for the hard-core conservative "9-12 Project"/Tea Party audience who are Beck's mega-fans. While AM conservative talk may no longer attract enough numbers and advertisers for profitability, charging for access provides content to the conservative talk audience without the requisite mass-appeal of a broadcast radio station. It's the perfect way to target a larger small audience.
Also, isn't this actually Premiere backed, at least in part? Beck was branding his studio webcam for "Insider" members through the Premiere Streamlink service as "GBTV" for quite a while before this service launched. I don't think Beck is trying to gain his independence from Premiere, he's putting all of his eggs in the CC basket.
What preacher has a subscription only broadcast? Preacher's buy time on a radio station(s), then ask the listeners to donate to their ministry so they can pay their bills. You can listen on the radio or watch on TV for free and never donate, sort of like NPR or PBS. GBTV, is a subscription TV service, like cable channels or HBO, etc. You have to pay upfront to get the service.
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