Thursday, October 10, 2013

FUTURE OF TV - Money for Quality Shows via Non-Traditional Sources

"As TV platforms, tastes diversify, where will money come from for quality shows?" PBS Newshour 10/9/2013

Excerpt

JUDY WOODRUFF (Newshour):  The major broadcast television networks have something to celebrate.  Each has at least one new prime-time entertainment series that's drawn at least 10 million viewers.  This comes as cable networks like AMC are drawing comparable or better ratings with series like "Breaking Bad" and "The Walking Dead."

But there's another important trend.  The latest data show growing numbers of viewers watching shows on a delayed timeline through their video recorder or computer.  Tonight, we look at the role of viewers, as seen by a pair of writers who have long chronicled the media business.

Hari Sreenivasan has the latest conversation in our series on the future of TV.

HARI SREENIVASAN (Newshour):  So far in this series, we have heard from a disrupter named Aereo and we have heard from one of the established players, Comcast.

Today, for a perhaps 10,000-, 20,000-foot view, we're joined by Ken Auletta from The New Yorker and David Carr from The New York Times.

So, is this period now a transformative time for the viewer when it comes to television?

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