[opendtv] Re: CES Buzz Missing on STB
- From: "John Willkie" <johnwillkie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2007 23:23:57 -0800
Its not a legacy and common sense, but since you don't mention "it"
and I have limited bandwidth, I can't at this point understand what you are
alluding to.
Here in San Diego, KNSD (NBC operated but not fully owned) furnishes the 10
p.m. news on KSWB (the Tribune owned station that probably change its name
to KSCW). KSWB still does their local cut ins on the morning news "zoo"
show that they pick up from their sister station KTLA.
There are advertisers that won't air their commercials on TV stations that
don't have local news.
John Willkie
> -----Original Message-----
> From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Tom Barry
> Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 8:37 PM
> To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [opendtv] Re: CES Buzz Missing on STB
>
> No, it sounds like economics and commons sense. I'm trying to figure
> out why TV stations aren't doing it. You've suggested it is like
> manners and culture where some things are "simply not done" and without
> proper comportment you are "nobody".
>
> But yes, that last part seems like a legacy cultural issue and if there
> is not more to it then I suspect it will change.
>
> - Tom
>
> John Willkie wrote:
> > Cities with 5 or 6 tv stations -- maybe 4 local Tv news departments --
> have
> > at best one local daily newspaper. Is this a legacy issue?
> >
> > John Willkie
> >
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> >>On Behalf Of Tom Barry
> >>Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 4:32 PM
> >>To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>Subject: [opendtv] Re: CES Buzz Missing on STB
> >>
> >>Hey, I always believed Gore won that one. ;-)
> >>
> >>I'm sure the market would provide if we needed multiple news sources
> >>(and were willing to pay for them). And I agree any news monopoly is a
> >>bad idea for society. (That would be truly "Foxed" up!) However I
> >>cannot believe TV stations are doing this for altruistic reasons anyway.
> >>
> >>So, just thinking selfish economics for a moment, why couldn't a news
> >>organization that provide news to 2-3 stations or cable companies not be
> >>more efficient than a news organization that provided news only to a
> >>small also-ran station that carried news only to remain a network
> >>affiliate? Is having their own news really profitable to small
> stations?
> >>
> >>- Tom
> >>
> >>Mark Schubin wrote:
> >>
> >>>Tom Barry wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Maybe somebody can tell me why local news is mostly associated with
> >>>>local broadcast stations? Is that just a legacy?
> >>>>
> >>>>It would seem there would be a greater economy of scale if local news
> >>>>was franchised or done by independents and then sold non-exclusively
> >>>>(without ads) to anyone who wanted to broadcast it, including the
> >>>>local broadcasters who were reluctantly forced to carry local news,
> >>>>the local cable companies if they wanted it, and the national or world
> >>>>news networks whenever something of sufficient national interest was
> >>>>happening locally.
> >>>
> >>>Remember the 2000 election, the one that was first called for Gore on
> >>>all networks? That's one thing that can happen when everyone relies on
> >>>the same source of news.
> >>>
> >>>TTFN,
> >>>Mark
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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