03-12-02, 01:56 PM
CBS owns stations in Austin, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Green Bay, L.A., Miami, Minneapolis, NYC, Philad Pittsburgh, SLC, and SF.
Could Viacom create a news channel taking newscasts from all these O&O stations, airing them different times, so one can see different news from around the country?
Similar to SoapNet but with newscasts instead of soaps.
I suppose Hearst-Argyle, FOX and NBC could do similar. They own many big stations across the country.
They can put national advertising doing commercials if needed.
A News Package from feeds from across the country. Would the DBS providers be interested in a news channel packages? They could bundle them with AT150 or Total Choice Plus. Or make them a "premium" all revenue going to stations and providers.
Would customers be interested?
Could syndex be a problem? I know WGN America doesnt have the morning WGN news (why?, which station groups complained?) When I had WPIX on cable...maybe 3 years ago now, WPIX News was guaranteed not to be blacked out. WFMZ has certain stories from CNN, but none of the Philly stations care.
Could Viacom create a news channel taking newscasts from all these O&O stations, airing them different times, so one can see different news from around the country?
Similar to SoapNet but with newscasts instead of soaps.
I suppose Hearst-Argyle, FOX and NBC could do similar. They own many big stations across the country.
They can put national advertising doing commercials if needed.
A News Package from feeds from across the country. Would the DBS providers be interested in a news channel packages? They could bundle them with AT150 or Total Choice Plus. Or make them a "premium" all revenue going to stations and providers.
Would customers be interested?
Could syndex be a problem? I know WGN America doesnt have the morning WGN news (why?, which station groups complained?) When I had WPIX on cable...maybe 3 years ago now, WPIX News was guaranteed not to be blacked out. WFMZ has certain stories from CNN, but none of the Philly stations care.