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As a total outlier, RT was paying the cable/sat systems to be carried in US/Canada, instead of the other way around. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/rt
by Scoundreller 2y ago
As a total outlier, RT was paying the cable/sat systems to be carried in US/Canada, instead of the other way around.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/rts-purchase-of-canadian-carriage-would-be-a-non-issue-if-not-for-the-secrecy/article37869704/ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/rts-purchase-of-cana...
https://www.wsj.com/articles/rt-channels-unique-carriage-deals-make-it-difficult-to-drop-in-u-s-1485361056 https://www.wsj.com/articles/rt-channels-unique-carriage-dea...
I wonder if other countries were the same.
- TylerE 2y agoThat’s not really an outlier. Common for political networks, religious channels, shopping networks…. Probably more than half the channels on a typical American cable system are paying to be there. Especially the stuff in the basic tiers.