| RenCutypoison said: You don't defend your point. The only way to defend your point is "TV industry ONLY relies and CAN ONLY relie on advertising revenue". DVR people are far from a majority, and netflix/hulu/whatever is a reliable source of income. If it wasn't they wouldn't be able to produce(fund) their own content (netflix exclusive content) |
As I said in my reply to Swordfish, netflix, hulu, DVD and that type of revenue goes to the studio producing the show. Advertising revenue goes to the network airing the show. When the network produces the show and airs it, then they base their renewal decision on all the revenue the show is making. But when the network doesn't air the show, their only source of income from the show is through advertising. In specific, advertising from the shows live airing, and any repeats (networks are usually allowed to repeat an episode 3-4 times if they don't own the show). They don't see any of the income made from netflix, DVD sales, syndication (this is huge! For example Seinfield has made $3 billion in revenue from repeats despite finishing 17 years ago!).So if the network is paying for a show they don't own, but its live ratings are not good, then the show is cancelled. And remember, the network always pays for the show not the studio.
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