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dzinkin:
[quote name=\'beatlefreak84\' date=\'Dec 10 2003, 12:48 PM\'] That brings up a question for me:
I know there are many specialty channels out there like VH-1 Classic and Nick GAS that don't show any commercials yet still remain on the air.
If the TV business is all about advertising, then how are these channels still in existence? I've noticed a lot of channels that have used this format and I still struggle to see how they can make anyone any money.
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Because Viacom owns VH-1 and Nickelodeon, which *do* have advertising and *do* make tons of money, Viacom can use those channels as leverage to get cable companies to carry channels like VH-1 Classic and Nick GAS. The existence of the latter two can also be justified as promotional vehicles for, and brand extensions of, the first two. Sony doesn't own lots of different channels (at least here in the USA), and I haven't seen Liberty use its other properties to promote GSN or vice versa -- so it has to justify its own existence, and that means making money through advertising. (Where would Liberty promote GSN, anyway? On Starz/Encore? Doubtful.)
And I wouldn't necessarily count on VH-1 Classic and Nick GAS remaining commercial-free... remember TV Land, also from our friends at Viacom? It was commercial-free at its inception (save for the "Retromercials"), but it isn't now.
- David
Don Howard:
--- Quote ---remember TV Land, also from our friends at Viacom? It was commercial-free at its inception (save for the "Retromercials"), but it isn't now.
--- End quote ---
There's a channel that's hit the pits--at least at my house. That station showed
some gems for many years (Mannix, Have Gun Will Travel, Cannon, Judd For The Defense, Julia, Room 222, That Girl, etc.) and now it's pretty much TBS-style shows. Shame!!!!!!!!!!
zachhoran:
[quote name=\'Don Howard\' date=\'Dec 10 2003, 01:48 PM\']
There's a channel that's hit the pits--at least at my house. That station showed
some gems for many years (Mannix, Have Gun Will Travel, Cannon, Judd For The Defense, Julia, Room 222, That Girl, etc.) and now it's pretty much TBS-style shows. Shame!!!!!!!!!! [/quote]
The odds of them showing Cullen $25K Pyramid, Bobby Van Make me Laugh, or any other Viacom/Paramount-owned shows are what, about -100 to 1.
Jimmy Owen:
Well, Zach, if GSN cuts back on game shows, TV Land might consider using their holdings as change-of-pace niche programming. After all, TV Land shows more sitcoms than, say, Comedy Central.
zachhoran:
[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' date=\'Dec 10 2003, 07:43 PM\'] Well, Zach, if GSN cuts back on game shows, TV Land might consider using their holdings as change-of-pace niche programming. After all, TV Land shows more sitcoms than, say, Comedy Central. [/quote]
Sounds nice, but I doubt it. Nick at Nite and TV Land are pulling towards more recent shows(i.e. those 10-20 years old) it seems to me.
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