Station Retrans Fees To Reach $7.6B in 2019

[osu1991]

http://www.multichannel.com/distribution/station-retrans-fees-reach-76b-2019-snl-kagan/146862

SNL Kagan has revised its projection upward for the amount of retransmission-consent fees TV station owners will collect over the course of this decade.
The Monterey, Calif.-headquartered researcher forecasts that retrans fees will reach $7.6 billion fees in 2019, up from $3.3 billion this year.

 

[Juan]

I'm thinking network TV will be irrelevant by then

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[mike123abc]

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Comcast-Rate-Hikes-Expand-Adds-New-Broadcast-TV-Fee-126783

Comcast joins U-Verse in a new below the line "broadcast TV" fee...

I bet this catches on with all the providers before long.

 

[osu1991]

http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/86466/nowhere-to-go-but-up-for-retrans-fees
Nowhere To Go But Up For Retrans Fees

http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/86466/nowhere-to-go-but-up-for-retrans-fees

SNL Kagan researchers and broadcasters at the SNL Kagan conference in New York agreed that retrans revenue — projected at $6.3 billion this year and $7.2 billion next year — will continue to grow at least through 2021.

According to the latest research from SNL Kagan, TV station groups with network O&Os or affiliates are averaging more than $1 per pay-TV subscriber per month in retransmission consent fees. Sinclair, for instance, is getting $1.39; Tegna (formerly Gannett), $1.30; and CBS, $1.22.


But those fees could go much higher, said a couple of speakers at the SNL Kagan TV and Radio Finance Summit Thursday in New York. Randy Bongarten, CEO of Bonten Media Group, said he sees a day in the not-too-distant future when cable and satellite broadcasters pay "$4, $5, $6" for the privilege of carrying broadcast signals.