more info on disputes between dish, Amc,direct tv and viacom
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From article:
"What's different for distributors lately is that they also have to pay for
broadcast TV station signals, which they used to get for free in exchange for
carrying upstart new channels. In recent years, broadcasters like CBS have
demanded cash from TV distributors for broadcast signals, even though consumers
who go through the trouble of setting up an antenna could get them over the air
at no charge.
Such "retransmission fees" are expected to double industry-wide from $1.8
billion this year to $3.6 billion in 2017, according to research firm SNL
Kagan."
Ouch !
"What's different for distributors lately is that they also have to pay for
broadcast TV station signals, which they used to get for free in exchange for
carrying upstart new channels. In recent years, broadcasters like CBS have
demanded cash from TV distributors for broadcast signals, even though consumers
who go through the trouble of setting up an antenna could get them over the air
at no charge.
Such "retransmission fees" are expected to double industry-wide from $1.8
billion this year to $3.6 billion in 2017, according to research firm SNL
Kagan."
Ouch !
And that is exactly the issue! It isn't all about the Viacom/AMC disputes with SAT/Cable it is about what is coming up. If all of the SAT/Cable guys will play more hardball than they have in the past, we should see some lesser increases as the message gets to the content providers that their ever increasing rate increase requests are way out of line.
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