TV Networks In Financial Trouble

[missile]

Would it be so great a loss to us if Global and CTV went under, due to their financial problems? I know that I can get along very well without any television and fail to understand why they show so many ads within an hour and claim not to be making enough money from the ads. The CBC has had its budget cut, but these private broadcasters are begging the govt. for a handout! Outrageous!

 

[lone wolf]

I hear there are a couple of stations out there on the market you can buy for a buck....

 

[missile]

I remember them being given extra ad minutes per hour by the CRTC a few years back, so unless they are giving advertisers low rates..should be raking the bucks in. If they can't or won't compete with other advertising mediums,they deserve to flounder.

 

[L Gilbert]

We watch most;y ad-free tv if we watch. Most ad people ignore the fact that ads should only run for about 5 weeks and that oversaturation is counterproductive.

Ad Rates for 30 Second Spot in 2005-2006 TV season

 

[lone wolf]

Networks are their own biggest enemy. Local news and products are of interest to the people to whom it matters and who will do business locally. Big business turned its backs on those folks and now those very people are the ones they need. Maybe it's time for local programming again - if they can wrestle people back from the DVD, games, computer and satellite?