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cartrivision
04-24-08, 05:58 PM
It looks like every major studio that Showtime currently pruchases movie content from plans to stop selling to Showtime and create their own premium movie channel service to compete with Showtime.

http://biz.yahoo.com/ts/080423/10413397.html
spartanstew
04-24-08, 06:09 PM
Very interesting.

Even with original programming, there's no way Showtime will survive if this indeed happens. Big loss for CBS.
DCSholtis
04-24-08, 06:48 PM
Isn't Viacom and CBS one in the same?!! If so isn't this like screwing themselves?!
ajc68
04-24-08, 06:54 PM
Isn't Viacom and CBS one in the same?!! If so isn't this like screwing themselves?!

Showtime is controlled by CBS, which was split from Viacom -- owner of Paramount and MTV -- in 2006. But both are still controlled by media mogul Sumner Redstone.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080422/media_nm/viacom_greenberg_dc_1
tcusta00
04-24-08, 06:56 PM
"Oops, forgot we owned you. Sorry bout that!" :lol:
DCSholtis
04-24-08, 07:43 PM
Showtime is controlled by CBS, which was split from Viacom -- owner of Paramount and MTV -- in 2006. But both are still controlled by media mogul Sumner Redstone.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080422/media_nm/viacom_greenberg_dc_1

So Summer is screwing himself on one hand (figure of speech), while on the other hand hoping the ONLY successful, money making franchise that CBS owns stays in business. Nice one, Sum....:lol:
tftc22
04-24-08, 08:45 PM
I didn't see any date in the article as to how soon this may happen. Does anybody know?

Very interesting.
Even with original programming, there's no way Showtime will survive if this indeed happens. Big loss for CBS.Assuming they can't negotiate a deal with the major studios that the other pay channels use, then the only way I could see them surviving is to turn the Showtime package into what would basically be the "Sundance Channel Multiplex". Indy movies plus Showtime's original content may be enough to keep subscribers.
Drew2k
04-24-08, 09:31 PM
It looks like every major studio that Showtime currently pruchases movie content from plans to stop selling to Showtime and create their own premium movie channel service to compete with Showtime.

http://biz.yahoo.com/ts/080423/10413397.html

Some earlier discussion about this in the TV Show Talk forum: New premium channel 9/2009 (http://www.dbstalk.com/showthread.php?t=126519) and in the General Satellite Discussion forum: Got More Bandwidth - Plans for New Premium Channel (http://www.dbstalk.com/showthread.php?t=126522)

I'm just hoping this WON'T be a premium channel ...