The audience of
cable programs in the United States is still a relatively unknown factor, and with an increase in the number of religious syndicators moving into cable the claim is made that a large number of additional viewers are attracted by cable religious programs.
Give awards for service of merit: annual awards to the best public service programs on local TV; special «Service Citations» to media leaders in the community; a prize for the best local TV or
cable program in the community.
Not exact matches
In addition, the regulators have forbidden the
cable giant from entering into agreements with
program suppliers — for example, TV networks — that restrict those suppliers from providing their content to online or streaming services.
Hulu confirmed
in May that it plans to offer a package of live
programming in 2017 from broadcast and
cable networks with a reported $ 40 monthly subscription price.
Back
in the old days of television
programming — say, 15 years ago — most standup specials like Black's ran for a limited time on one of the three main
cable channels that aired comedy (HBO, Showtime, Comedy Central) before being shuffled off to the archives.
The service got its start
in 2012 with a mission similar to fuboTV: Bringing international
programming to an underserved U.S. audience as a supplement to, not a replacement for, traditional
cable or satellite service.
Other cracks
in the foundation of the sports
programming kingdom are showing up on a local level, evident
in negotiations between individual channels and
cable providers like Comcast.
The migration of original
programming online has been among the biggest themes
in entertainment over the last few months, with House of Cards making
cable operators stand up and take notice as audiences adjust to watching entertainment on computers and mobile devices.
The idea of many of these new services is to offer a lower - cost
cable alternative, but that means something has to give
in terms of
programming.
In terms of user experience, the sheer convenience of browsing shows without being bound to a broadcast schedule — or worrying about
programming a DVR — makes traditional
cable feel downright prehistoric.
The company's successful push into original
programming has resulted
in it signing up more U.S. subscribers than country's largest
cable companies combined.
Concerns about such a knock - on effect on Viacom of the decline
in traditional
cable TV subscriptions deepened last quarter, when Charter Communications Inc moved five of its flagship networks to its most expensive
programming tier, a move that will likely result
in lower affiliate revenue for Viacom.
Drawing from Gutstein's experience as COO of a
cable network called Ovation, Machinima is now planning a portion of its
programming in advance,
in order to make it easier for brands to plan ad campaigns.
The idea here, as it was when the FCC first voted to «open up» the set - top box
in February, is to make it so you don't have to lease a
cable box from a
cable provider to watch
cable TV
programming.
Twitter is also said to be working on a way to allow
cable subscribers to log
in to their accounts so that they can watch
cable programming through Twitter and also follow along with tweets about the content.
A U.S. judge ruled on Thursday that online television service FilmOn X should be treated like a traditional
cable system
in order to transmit the
programs of the nation's broadcasters over the Internet.
Broadcasters including ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC and PBS sued Aereo for copyright infringement, saying Aereo should pay for redistributing the
programming in the same way
cable and satellite systems must or risk high - profile blackouts of channels that anger their subscribers.
In the first half of the year, Comcast spent $ 5.8 billion on
programming for its
cable TV customers, up 8 % from 2015.
Writes the Viacom spokesperson: «Philippe has doubled the amount of investment
in creative
programming over his tenure to more than $ 6 billion annually, and has grown Viacom to be the # 1 family of
cable networks and the # 1 destination on all of television for reaching younger audiences.
If requested, the platforms (
cable and satellite distribution companies) were obligated to substitute the Canadian ads on the US feed of the
program distributed
in Canada, so that a Canadian viewer, whether watching «Friends» (as an example) on either NBC or a Canadian network, saw the same Canadian ads.
Programming and production costs at
cable were relatively flat
in the quarter consistent with our expectations and we still expect these costs to be up low teen percentage points for the full year.
Below is a sampling of editorials and appearances
in the news from national
cable television
programs to local weekly newspapers.
The contrast with Netflix highlighted investor jitters about the viability of the traditional
cable bundle
in the face of heightened competition from on - demand video services like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon (AMZN), which are investing heavily
in high - quality
programming.
Fox News set a record earlier
in the month with 24 million people tuning
in to the first Republican primary debate of the 2016 election cycle, making it the most - watched
cable telecast of all time, excluding sports
programming.
In February, the program averaged 1.6 million viewers and 335,000 in the 25 - 54 demographic, easily beating the cable news competition, according to Nielsen Media Researc
In February, the
program averaged 1.6 million viewers and 335,000
in the 25 - 54 demographic, easily beating the cable news competition, according to Nielsen Media Researc
in the 25 - 54 demographic, easily beating the
cable news competition, according to Nielsen Media Research.
The
cable TV industry is consolidating to gain more clout
in buying
programs from networks and to compensate for the loss of customers to cheaper Internet - based services.
Owned by 21st Century Fox, FNC is available
in more than 90 million homes and dominates the
cable news landscape, routinely notching the top ten
programs in the genre.
In the run - up to the «60 Minutes» broadcast, Michael Avenatti, Daniels» attorney, said repeatedly on
cable news
programs that his client would talk about threats she received because of her allegations against Trump.
The Senate report quotes a September 1970
cable summary during CIA's propaganda
program in Chile to suggest that the agency regularly expected «fallout»:
Rossman: There are
cable TV experiments
in which the audience, by pushing buttons, can change the outcome of the
program.
Some
programming, such as MTV and
cable channels, are actually increasing the overall amount of violence and sexual violence going into homes
in North America.
The quality of a
program carries a message itself, and that is why the churches should proceed with thorough preparation
in their use of video - discs and
cable TV, as with filmmaking.
I have suggested some of the ways this can be done: increasing the number of TV networks to six or even 12; diversifying the sources of production; increasing support of public broadcasting and community - supported stations; the use of telephone call -
ins; follow - up
programs with discussions; community - media projects; more use of
cable, videocassettes and other less «mass» forms of the technology.
In previous chapters I have suggested what concerned citizens can do to deal with television without censorship: create local television councils and community action to get stations to accept their responsibility for the public welfare; introduce media education courses in the schools and churches to create media literacy; organize community groups to develop programs relating to community issues on the «narrowcast» media of cable - TV, videocassettes, low - power TV, public - broadcasting facilities, and commercial side - band channels; employ stockholder action and other economic measure
In previous chapters I have suggested what concerned citizens can do to deal with television without censorship: create local television councils and community action to get stations to accept their responsibility for the public welfare; introduce media education courses
in the schools and churches to create media literacy; organize community groups to develop programs relating to community issues on the «narrowcast» media of cable - TV, videocassettes, low - power TV, public - broadcasting facilities, and commercial side - band channels; employ stockholder action and other economic measure
in the schools and churches to create media literacy; organize community groups to develop
programs relating to community issues on the «narrowcast» media of
cable - TV, videocassettes, low - power TV, public - broadcasting facilities, and commercial side - band channels; employ stockholder action and other economic measures.
Today, just 20 short years later, he oversees the Christian Broadcasting Network which, from its $ 50 - million headquarters
in Virginia Beach, incorporates four television stations, six radio stations, a missionary radio station, a recording company, a
programming service which makes 24 - hour - a-day
programming available to the more than 3,000
cable systems
in the U.S.A. and Canada, a news network, a university, and a satellite earth station.
Given the increased diversity, selectivity, and competitiveness which
cable brings
in the choice of
programs, it is unlikely that the movement of syndicated
programming into
cable will bring about a radical increase
in the audience of religious
programs.
In addition to the audiences for syndicated religious
programs, the audience for all religious
programs also includes the audiences for other
programs such as local religious
programs (which increasingly are turning to
cable), network religious
programs, religious specials, and those
programs broadcast outside the regular sweeps period.
By the end of 1989 VISN was available to approximately six million
cable homes
in the U.S., with
programming, and the
programming provided by the member groups was supplied for eight hours daily.
Because of the lack of comprehensive information about the effects of
cable development on the total television industry, it is difficult to tell what effects these new
programs will have on religious broadcasting
in general.
The further inadequacy of the Nielsen figures lies
in the fact that they do not measure the audience for
cable programs.
Recent breakthroughs
in satellite broadcasting and
cable TV have expanded the options for reaching even larger audiences through a broader range of
programs broadcast on an extended schedule with continually declining per - unit cost.
It also airs on major
cable providers like Comcast and Time Warner and on local affiliates like Atlanta's WAGA - TV where the
program ranks number two
in its time slot, which is quite an achievement
in a top ten market with about 14 local stations.
The show will soon debut on a second
cable network and also with KDOC - TV
in Los Angeles among multiple other soon - to - be-added affiliates — and not just independent stations but also CBS, FOX and The CW — all expeditiously advancing the
program's cume per segment viewership above the respectable 1.8 million it currently boasts.
As one of America's best - known chefs, Paul Prudhomme has been featured
in dozens of prime - time television and
cable programs, and has been the subject of many magazine articles.
The Rose Bowl brought
in 28.2 million viewers and the Sugar Bowl saw 28.3 million, reportedly becoming the two most - watched
cable programs ever.
Of the ten most - watched
cable programs ever, nearly half have aired on ESPN
in the past two weeks.
The 1970s, with the birth of
cable television and expansion of pay - per - view
programming, were great for them
in particular.
If your favorites aren't on at the right time, record them, use TiVo or your
cable company's on - demand
programming, or pop
in a DVD you've okayed rather than letting your child watch whatever's on.
Reruns of the
program (with a few new segments and updates) were also aired on the Lifetime Television
cable network until mid-2006, and very briefly on Spike TV
in late 2008.
You could also take some of the products of these
programs out of the public domain (if they are
in the public domain) and charge royalties (or higher royalties) to
cable and digital TV and radio services, satellite radio services, etc. (which are required to carry Corporation for Public Broadcasting content under current regulations) and might even get those companies to do so by contract with PBS, NPR, etc. rather than from the government, if this was authorized by law (I don't know if it is or not, but this wouldn't take much political clout to get done).