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Good.
I wonder what is worth more to ABC/Disney, all those direct subscribers, or these affiliates that are consolidating into two or three big media companies?
This might be the beginning of the death of the affiliate model. What would happen if Sinclair simply stopped affiliating with ABC altogether? They own enough stations that they can do their own thing. Would it matter if there is no ABC station in Mobile, Alabama, if people who still want to watch can stream it?
The problem for OTA affiliates/broadcasters is content. Their business model relies on getting eyeballs so they can justify what they charge for advertising. Creating content that your viewers actually want to watch is expensive.
Aside from some of the larger PBS stations, I don't know that any of the major broadcasters, like Sinclair, have any experience producing their own content. They can throw their little tantrum and refuse to air Kimmel, but that's just going to hurt them in the short term as advertisers will decide OTA timeslots are not a good investment.
Sinclair seems to have some experience producing their own Fantasy shows (masquerading as News Content). They don't have to put in that much effort to capture the attention of the MAGA crowd.
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Is there unpaid subscriptions?
Some subscriptions are part of a package. Like my cable internet package includes a 'free' Disney subscription that I can't cancel.
free with purchase of course
How many came back when he was reinstated?
Any positive integer (or rational or real, technically) number is too many.
I'm both galled and exhausted by how modern companies wield 'intellectual property'.
And Disney is one of the worst for it.
How many said they were gonna but dint because of marvel or SW was too addicting.
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