I'd like one of those economic news magazines like Forbes to crunch some numbers, then write an in-depth piece on the actual cost of operating a 24 hour cable news channel, compared to -- say -- a network of 90% reruns like TBS.
In Kevin's perfect world of television, there would exist a channel that aired decent quality reruns most of the day, but provided maybe three or four substantive hours of news coverage per day. One hour of global news, one hour of national news, one hour of regional news (divide the country into sections like midwest or northeast and each section gets a special broadcast), and one hour of long-form, in-depth documentaries or interviews. The weekends would allow the one hour docs to be rerun, and the other newscasts can rerun during the overnights if need be. Each of the newscasts could share production staff and equipment, thereby lessening expenses. I guess the point of my fantasy cable channel is that although I see a need for a 24 hour a day news channel, it only seems viable during breaking events like severe weather, severe tragedy, or some political or economic conditions. So why not build a network where news is the primary focus but not the only content, which allows the news to be sharper, less repetitive, and more fact-based? In my head, if you eliminate the needs involved in programing 24 hours a day, it would allow the content to be of a more polished quality than the competition. -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
