A la carte channel selection would fix a lot of this. Cable companies want to push channels they have investment in. Everyone who uses DirecTV subsidizes their sports package even if they never tune in a football game or a NASCAR race. I think some of the more obscure channels would thrive with a la carte selection, while top sports salaries would plummet.
On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 6:44 AM, David Lynch <[email protected]> wrote: > At least for the niches I fit into, it never felt to me like the corporate > owners never really tried to research their audience beyond getting broad > stereotypes and reruns of non-niche programming that their niche enjoys. To > follow the bookstore analogy, Reading the program guide for Logo always felt > like walking up to the "gay and lesbian" section and finding that it's 2/3 > books by straight people that have gay followings and 1/3 RuPaul. > > Speaking of RuPaul, Logo, and cable companies ditching networks with low > viewership, I kind of assume that the first-run episodes of "Drag Race" > moving to VH1 is the beginning of the end for them. > > -- > David J. Lynch > [email protected] > > -- > -- > 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/d/optout. -- -- 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/d/optout.
