Comment on Nexstar's ABC affiliates will keep Jimmy Kimmel show off air for now
realcaseyrollins 1 week agoThey should make a national version of ABC and put it on Disney+ and Hulu for no additional charge. Replace any local segments with either game show reruns or ABC News Live simulcasts.
I actually agree that Jimmy Kimmel probably shouldn't be on the air, but I also think that if ABC wants to provide his program to their customers and viewers, they should be able to do so. I know it will probably be available next day on Hulu, but still.
ohulancutash@feddit.uk 1 week ago
Running a national version of ABC would cost them tens of billions annually, and anger their affiliates, who they depend on.
realcaseyrollins 1 week ago
Billions? Why? It'd be online-only and be distributed through Hulu and Disney+. They already made streams for different genres on Disney+ so it truly can't be that expensive.
ohulancutash@feddit.uk 1 week ago
Because affiliates pay the networks a few billion a year. But even more juicy is the cable and satellite retransmission fee, which is paid to the individual stations and then a share is passed up to the network. Retrans fees are worth around $20bn a year.
realcaseyrollins 1 week ago
Well I was thinking of it being an online-only thing. That should make it way cheaper.
natecox@programming.dev 1 week ago
Plus it would be justification for that next price increase after this one.