General Broadcast/Free-To-Air TV thread

[AdrenalineRush1996]

The American Music Awards will be moving networks from ABC to CBS from this year onwards after the latter broadcaster signed a new linear streaming rights deal with Dick Clark Productions.

Golden Globes and CBS Ink 5-Year Deal That Includes American Music Awards Broadcast Rights

CBS will air the Golden Globes for five more years, per a new deal with Dick Clark Productions that also includes the American Music Awards.

variety.com

 

[LinusFan303]

Charge is now on ABC owned stations. seems to have replaced This TV on those stations CHARGE! and ABC Owned Television Stations Enter Into New Network Affiliation Agreement

 

[Moe]

Charge is now on ABC owned stations. seems to have replaced This TV on those stations CHARGE! and ABC Owned Television Stations Enter Into New Network Affiliation Agreement

Charge! is more watchable than This TV nowadays.

This TV was great when it was owned by MGM but not anymore now.

Univ of Alabama dumped This TV for Cozi as primary channel, however This TV moved to digital subchannel slot.

 

[AdrenalineRush1996]

This TV was great when it was owned by MGM but not anymore now.

Let's face it, Byron Allen really shouldn't have bought This TV in the first place.

 

[Moe]

Let's face it, Byron Allen really shouldn't have bought This TV in the first place.

Yes, I agree with you and Byron Allen is terrible person to run the TV networks.

This TV had full of MGM movies and shows, along with Cookie Jar Group/WildBrain shows.

Dump This TV is bad news for Byron Allen and it means he is losing money. I remember about he sued cable and satellite TV companies, and Nielsen after disappointed rating on his networks. I doubt that VideoAmp is going to change if not many are interested in his networks.

 

[AdrenalineRush1996]

Pax TV's rebrand as i (Independent Television) promos from summer 2005.

 

[zeebre12]

Free TV Networks are going to launch another diginet called Dare in July. This is basically a carbon copy of Defy TV. It is going to have the same shows. Also it’s tagline is ‘Dare to Defy’ Free TV Networks To Launch New Over-The-Air Channel In Partnership With A+E

 

[Moe]

I was going to post but you got me.

I'm wonder about why A&E Networks launch Dare when Defy TV exists, hmm.

 

[LinusFan303]

Free TV Networks are going to launch another diginet called Dare in July. This is basically a carbon copy of Defy TV. It is going to have the same shows. Also it’s tagline is ‘Dare to Defy’ Free TV Networks To Launch New Over-The-Air Channel In Partnership With A+E

Yeah the A and E networks really have having fun selling their old cheap programming from A&E, History Channel etc. The Nest uses programming from A&E , Defy, the old True Real did, Quest does, Also Free TV is by the guy who started Katz Networks, now owned by Scipps, seem to be copying himself , like launching another western network, and another African American network. I am expecting him to launch another comedy network and probably another Crime channel.

 

[themidnightlore]

Things that A+E Networks probably should do: give some love to FYI and Crime+Investigation (the American one is largerly forgotten).
Alternatively, open an OTA channel
Things that A+E Networks actually does: selling their old content to any OTA channel that wants that stuff.

 

[LinusFan303]

Things that A+E Networks probably should do: give some love to FYI and Crime+Investigation (the American one is largerly forgotten).
Alternatively, open an OTA channel
Things that A+E Networks actually does: selling their old content to any OTA channel that wants that stuff.

Pretty much the focus of FYI was moved to A&E doing that on the Home Made Nation Free streaming channel. And a Saturday morning block in A&E itself. I haven't watched FYI in a while, since they stopped doing King of Queens reruns. C and I is an HD channel, but I don't get it HD so they really don't care.



I do like they've let like old History Channel stuff be on Story , for example, on the good side of this.

 

[themidnightlore]

Pretty much the focus of FYI was moved to A&E doing that on the Home Made Nation Free streaming channel. And a Saturday morning block in A&E itself. I haven't watched FYI in a while, since they stopped doing King of Queens reruns. C and I is an HD channel, but I don't get it HD so they really don't care.



I do like they've let like old History Channel stuff be on Story , for example, on the good side of this.

For what I know, the American C+I is that ignored that it still airs old bumpers from the old presentation. I get that all the new true crime content goes between A&E and Lifetime, but, man... Same for FYI.
Story getting to air the old History content is a very good thing, though.

 

[Moe]

For what I know, the American C+I is that ignored that it still airs old bumpers from the old presentation. I get that all the new true crime content goes between A&E and Lifetime, but, man... Same for FYI.
Story getting to air the old History content is a very good thing, though.

C+I hasn't update their presentation since mid or late 2000s and I felt like A&E Networks put C+I on autopilot for many years now. When streaming linear TV became exist, A&E Networks removed a lot of episodes that don't have clearance to stream, so that cause shows to repeat same episodes and very severe burnout. I quitted watch C+I after I realized they aired same episodes of Kansas City, Dallas and Detroit SWAT shows, so I was annoyed at A&E Networks.

Wikipedia is outdated and C+I no longer air Nash Bridges, 24, Hack and other drama shows for more than decade now. C+I is completely reality channel now.

Last time I saw Nash Bridges on cable was WGN America in 2010 and as for C+I, it would be around 2008. Nash Bridges is on H&I right now but it is not available for streaming version of linear TV because of not cleared for streaming.

 

[AdrenalineRush1996]

Alpena, Michigan TV station WBKB-TV, which carries the Big Four TV networks in the States as well as MyNetworkTV, is set to begin a news partnership with NBC's Sinclair-owned Traverse City affliates WPBN-TV and WTOM-TV on April 29.

WBKB expands local newscasts, partners with UpNorthLive news – WBKB 11

www.wbkb11.com

 

[Moe]

Hey @LinusFan303, Do you see about Start TV changed their lineup to have binge on Sunday?

https://startcdn.starttv.com/glxmw-1712004617-pdf-START%20TV%202Q24%20Eff%204-7-24%20CT.pdf

 

[LinusFan303]

Hey @LinusFan303, Do you see about Start TV changed their lineup to have binge on Sunday?

https://startcdn.starttv.com/glxmw-1712004617-pdf-START%20TV%202Q24%20Eff%204-7-24%20CT.pdf

They've listed what the shows will be as well

Sit back and binge your favorite Start TV shows weekly with Start TV Unstoppable Sunday

A binge of a different Start TV crime drama all day on Sundays? Count us in!

starttv.com

also I see the movies are gone.

 

[Moe]

There is updated article about NAB demand to classify vMVPD as cable TV.

More Local ABC, CBS, FOX, & NBC Owners Want YouTube TV & Other Streaming Services Classified as Cable TV Companies By The FCC | Cord Cutters News

Last year a major fight started at the FCC between local ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC owners and streaming services like YouTube TV. At the core of this issue is whether streaming services should be considered “cable TV” by the FCC and, therefore, regulated like Comcast or Spectrum. This move could...

cordcuttersnews.com

After numbers of complaints, I'm trying my best to not use Cord Cutters News because of poor writing but this is only one that I can find.

FCC already said that they have no power to reclassify vMVPD as cable TV but broadcasting associations continue to be stubborn and desperate to get around the impossible because it is very unlikely for our federal legislative branch to legislate the bill to reclassify vMVPD as cable TV due to fierce opposition from studios and streaming operators, also lobbying helps a lot to thwart this plan. The major broadcasting companies want too much money that led lawmakers to perceive them as greedy as studios.

Most local stations are owned by major broadcasting companies like Nexstar, Sinclair, Scripps, Tegna, etc.

Have more money from vMVPD is unlikely to improve the local stations and they just add extra to profits.

There is better fix are force studios to have more contribution to local stations that affiliated to specific studios.

Have expensive vMVPD is all but die with cable TV, so major broadcasting companies would have no extra revenues, exception of ads and streaming services aren't going to pay for expensive local channels.

 

[AdrenalineRush1996]

Free TV Networks are going to launch another diginet called Dare in July. This is basically a carbon copy of Defy TV. It is going to have the same shows. Also it’s tagline is ‘Dare to Defy’ Free TV Networks To Launch New Over-The-Air Channel In Partnership With A+E

Thus becoming the second network to use the "Dare to Defy" tagline as the first to use it was The CW during the mid to late 2010s.

 

[LinusFan303]

Scripps is in consideration of selling Bounce.

MSN

 

[Moe]

Scripps is in consideration of selling Bounce.

MSN

Yeah, I saw it today and I just leave up to members to post in here since I posted an updated news about Skydance and Paramount.

I learned that advertising market for digital subchannels aren’t good and it got worse when more subscribers cancelled cable and satellite, so Bounce relied on retransmission carriage to have access to viewers on cable.