Comments on: Current TV syndication model doomed? http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050908/2348/ Technology, music, video, art, news, reviews and muse on the web Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:17:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Rex http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050908/2348/#comment-20971 Rex Sun, 18 Sep 2005 12:00:30 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050908/2348/#comment-20971 Syndication, and other original programming will likely dry up as the distribution model changes. Under todays current model of distribution all programming is cross subsidized. For example the median price of cable or satellite TV is $40.00 per month, while the average viewer watches on average four channels. This means that channels that are not worth a direct payment will disappear along with the programming. Years ago the dollar a channel, ala carte approach was offered and the resulting cable bill was $4.00. This result would reduce programming revenues to 10% and eliminate a major amount of the programming. One result could be fewer choices. To make a program successful more money will have to be spent on marketing that program which will make it more expensive to develop. The changing economic structure will no doubt have an important impact on what we see. Having said that I have a media room with a projector and I can seamlessly switch between TV and Internet with the remote so I currently enjoy this one system approach you mention in your article. I love it because I surf the Internet while the commercials are playing. Most Plasmas have the same capacity as well so we are getting very close to making the distribution platforms a neutral factor. Video on Demand will produce a new model and it will be interesting to see how the demand drives the content. Expect more bizarre and meaningless content. Anything that will get you to gawk. The cotton candy may well disappear. Syndication, and other original programming will likely dry up as the distribution model changes. Under todays current model of distribution all programming is cross subsidized. For example the median price of cable or satellite TV is $40.00 per month, while the average viewer watches on average four channels. This means that channels that are not worth a direct payment will disappear along with the programming. Years ago the dollar a channel, ala carte approach was offered and the resulting cable bill was $4.00. This result would reduce programming revenues to 10% and eliminate a major amount of the programming. One result could be fewer choices. To make a program successful more money will have to be spent on marketing that program which will make it more expensive to develop. The changing economic structure will no doubt have an important impact on what we see.

Having said that I have a media room with a projector and I can seamlessly switch between TV and Internet with the remote so I currently enjoy this one system approach you mention in your article. I love it because I surf the Internet while the commercials are playing. Most Plasmas have the same capacity as well so we are getting very close to making the distribution platforms a neutral factor.

Video on Demand will produce a new model and it will be interesting to see how the demand drives the content.

Expect more bizarre and meaningless content. Anything that will get you to gawk. The cotton candy may well disappear.

]]> By: DuhDude http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050908/2348/#comment-19063 DuhDude Thu, 08 Sep 2005 17:10:18 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050908/2348/#comment-19063 I have to agree with you completely that the era of reruns is coming to a close (specific cable channels excluded as they seem to thrive on that type stuff). The combining of TV and computers is on it's way to being the next step as we write imho. It just makes sense with the amount of time folks are spending online and that will only increase as broadband prices come down and the access situations improve. I have to agree with you completely that the era of reruns is coming to a close (specific cable channels excluded as they seem to thrive on that type stuff). The combining of TV and computers is on it’s way to being the next step as we write imho.

It just makes sense with the amount of time folks are spending online and that will only increase as broadband prices come down and the access situations improve.

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