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I've indirectly read (I doubt those kind of memories) about people saying the current setup favours sport. What else does it favour, probably natural history? I

• twoodfin 13y ago
  The current setup favored AMC, which would have had no incentive to produce a show like "Mad Men" without the hope that it would increase the rate they could charge carriers. In an a la carte world, they'd have to rely on word of mouth from whatever tiny subscriber base they would have already had, which seems implausible.
  • AnthonyMouse 13y ago
    On the other hand, anyone could produce a pilot and put it on the internet to demonstrate the existence of an audience. Really the whole concept of "networks" and "broadcast television" should just go away. The technology exists for everything to be delivered on demand. The primary missing piece is for 99% of households to be able to watch internet-delivered programming on their actual television, which itself is primarily an issue of the installed base of TVs not being able to do it. And that could be solved in a hurry if that capacity was inserted into all the cable boxes.
    • tobylane 13y ago
      How much do indoor pilots cost? Cheap pilots will probably end up being multi camera, no audience, outdoors, and overly pandering. Pilots need to be funded by people who aren't looking for high ratings within ten minutes. Netflix does look past that, but they do look at when people pause or stop, something broadcasters can't do.