http://techliberation.com/2008/11/23/will-traditional-ota-broadcast-networks-go-cable-exclusive/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Sun, 27 May 2012 20:03:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://techliberation.com/2008/11/23/will-traditional-ota-broadcast-networks-go-cable-exclusive/comment-page-1/#comment-65909 John Sat, 06 Dec 2008 12:23:00 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=14396#comment-65909 <p>Electricity is a tiny cost of a station when compared to programming cost. News and syndicated shows and movies are the greatest cost for local stations.</p> Electricity is a tiny cost of a station when compared to programming cost. News and syndicated shows and movies are the greatest cost for local stations.

]]> http://techliberation.com/2008/11/23/will-traditional-ota-broadcast-networks-go-cable-exclusive/comment-page-1/#comment-62108 John Sat, 06 Dec 2008 08:23:00 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=14396#comment-62108 <p>Electricity is a tiny cost of a station when compared to programming cost. News and syndicated shows and movies are the greatest cost for local stations.</p> Electricity is a tiny cost of a station when compared to programming cost. News and syndicated shows and movies are the greatest cost for local stations.

]]> http://techliberation.com/2008/11/23/will-traditional-ota-broadcast-networks-go-cable-exclusive/comment-page-1/#comment-56914 John Sat, 06 Dec 2008 07:23:00 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=14396#comment-56914 <p>Electricity is a tiny cost of a station when compared to programming cost. News and syndicated shows and movies are the greatest cost for local stations.</p> Electricity is a tiny cost of a station when compared to programming cost. News and syndicated shows and movies are the greatest cost for local stations.

]]> http://techliberation.com/2008/11/23/will-traditional-ota-broadcast-networks-go-cable-exclusive/comment-page-1/#comment-56756 Steve R. Sun, 23 Nov 2008 19:28:01 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=14396#comment-56756 <p>The electricity used for broadcasting must cost big $$. Print media, as you have written, is moving away from distributing content though hard copies and placing the content instead on websites. Seems like the broadcasters are faced with the same issue. Distributing content via cable, I would expect, would be cheaper and more efficient than using a tower. Additionally, distributing content by cable allows the broadcaster to have a world wide audience. Broadcasting will probably survive until advertising revenues are no longer able to support it. Just think of all that spectrum becoming available!!!!</p> The electricity used for broadcasting must cost big $$. Print media, as you have written, is moving away from distributing content though hard copies and placing the content instead on websites. Seems like the broadcasters are faced with the same issue. Distributing content via cable, I would expect, would be cheaper and more efficient than using a tower. Additionally, distributing content by cable allows the broadcaster to have a world wide audience. Broadcasting will probably survive until advertising revenues are no longer able to support it. Just think of all that spectrum becoming available!!!!

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