http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050906/2340/ Technology, music, video, art, news, reviews and muse on the web Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:43:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050906/2340/#comment-19169 Make You Go Hmm: » Current TV syndication model doomed? Fri, 09 Sep 2005 00:15:41 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050906/2340/#comment-19169 [...] One of my friends was musing about Gilligan (Bob Denver) living on through re-runs and it got me thinking on the whole syndication re-run model on TV. It’s something I’ve pondered before but haven’t written about in significant detail. To me, the system is currently in a state of decay. Historically this has been a lucrative royalty avenue for actors, writers, directors, etc, but I think the way it is currently is going will either die or change radically. Before the Hollywood scenes panics, it could open up new ways of marketing, instead of clawing at a system that needs change. [...] […] One of my friends was musing about Gilligan (Bob Denver) living on through re-runs and it got me thinking on the whole syndication re-run model on TV. It’s something I’ve pondered before but haven’t written about in significant detail. To me, the system is currently in a state of decay. Historically this has been a lucrative royalty avenue for actors, writers, directors, etc, but I think the way it is currently is going will either die or change radically. Before the Hollywood scenes panics, it could open up new ways of marketing, instead of clawing at a system that needs change. […]

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