On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 5:04 PM, Mark J. <[email protected]> wrote:
> A representative of the California Community Foundation op-eds in the > LA Times that PBS could save itself (and get itself away from ailing > stations like LA's KCET) by going the cable route funded by subscriber > fees (mentioning the usual pseudo-uplift subjects and not mentioning > Bravo, thank God), and not being pulled down by the failing stations: > > > http://articles.latimes.com/print/2010/aug/22/opinion/la-oe-shakely-kcet-20100822 > > However, it would seem to me that PBS as a cable network would be > under more ratings pressure--and the guy mentions A&E, which means he > hasn't watched *that* channel in ages. Not to mention sister channel > History's increasing reliance on reality shows, under its dubious > slogan "History: Made Every Day." And the aging Gotrocks of High > Culture have proven that they have no interest in cable or satellite > (shown by the failure record of CBS Cable and ARTS, Bravo's conversion > to a basic channel and transformation after the sale to NBC to a > metrosexual channel and Ovation's continual struggling) and would > probably loudly protest any attempt to move PBS off of broadcast. > > Well, it could be like C-SPAN which is funded by the cable industry and has no ratings pressure. A quarter for every basic subscriber monthly? It'd probably make PBS richer than it's been anytime I can remember. The only problem is that it would cut out local stations that are really the backbone of the system. PBS is nothing without the handful of stations that produce most of their content. > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -- +++++++++++++++ Joe Coughlin http://www.twitter.com/inturnaround -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
