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My only problem with any of this is that it's boiling down to regular TV becoming like that of the professional sporting events. If they don't sell ALL the tickets to the game, they won't broadcast the game locally. Which doesn't matter, even if I live 300 miles or 2.5 hours away.
I'm not going to whine 100% about getting every show, that's ludicrous, but it seems it's getting close to a point where the original broadcasting stations/studios are becoming simply studios & the web, cable & satellite are now the broadcasters.
I.e., the method in which we receive our content is going to have to come out of pocket. I mean, theoretically we all pay for the out of air programming in a manner of speaking with tax dollars & advertising as it is at the moment.
But knowing the po-dunk markets like I do, being bought up by bufu huge Texas communication companies, linking all their programming to prearranged digital feeds & packaged Avid Air-play spread sheets, where one guy is paid to take care of 40 stations (in 6 states) from one computer room... Why do you think you keep seeing 5 seconds of one commercial starting up then to be cut off by another?
My point is (other than on top of my head), metropolitan areas will still have their local affiliates, but outlying areas are going to go dead & big business won't see fit to upkeep the towers. They're not doing it now, so why down the road? Most are just about there now. Even the Weather Channel has to be done through a paid service, thus making televised emergency broadcasts (later) a mute point. Not to mention that radio (being owned by the same conglomerates) is nearly as dead too.
Just from a safety issue... Kinda wondering where we're gonna be when the lights go out? Not that I'm worried about how I'm going to tune into NCSI or Bill Maher...
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