Looks Like FOX Blinked
WQ 3.0
They got in a huddle with their bean counters and determined that'd be
a pretty stupid idea to go ahead with. They're looking at making
about an extra $150 million this year if they get it their way and
they know that they won't get that $150 million by going dark. How do
they know? Because their bean counters said that if they went dark,
then the money they'd lose on the next 3 primetime bowl games alone by
not having that extra viewership tuned in just might be $150 million.
You don't make $150 million by losing it in the process. Told you
last week Time Warner was going to be tough about it, they don't have
as much to lose.
SFTV_troy
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> Of course they would. Idle threats of shutting down, yeah, right.
FOX increased their monthly, per home income from about 10 cents to 50
cents. That's almost 300 million more dollars each year. They hardly
lost.
WQ 3.0
I don't know where you learned and failed your math, but if you're
trying to convince me that an increase of 40 cents amounts to $300
million, then I suggest you repeat grade school at a different
location. That increase would only amount to $62.4 million in a year
from Time Warner's minimum 13 million subscribers.
SFTV_troy
> On Jan 2, 11:12 am, SFTV_troy <SFTV_t...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > On Jan 1, 3:06 pm, "WQ 3.0" <w...@post.com> wrote:
>
> > > Of course they would. Idle threats of shutting down, yeah, right.
>
> > FOX increased their monthly, per home income from about 10 cents to 50
> > cents. That's almost 300 million more dollars each year. They hardly
> > lost.
>
> I don't know where you learned and failed your math, but if you're
> trying to convince me that an increase of 40 cents amounts to $300
> million, then I suggest you repeat grade school at a different
$0.40 increase x approximately 60 million cable homes x 12 months ==
almost 300 million dollars. And yes FOX will eventually be
negotiating this "50 cent per subscriber" deal with Comcast, Cox,
Verizon, and so on.
WQ 3.0
Not if you're talking about just Time Warner, which is all I was
talking about. One fails math, the other fails reading skills. Oh,
Lord, why must you burden me so?
Remysun
Fox made a high offer, TW went low, and they met in the middle. And
yes, Fox now has a precedent to take to the other companies, which was
the most important part of the negotiations. They'll get their 50
cents from everybody.
Straighten that out and let's talk about the midseason.
WQ 3.0
Oh, it's all perfectly straightened out in my mind. I don't know what
everybody else's problem is. But there's a mid-season worth talking
about now? I don't think it's actually going to kick in till after
the Olympics are done, like in March.
SFTV_troy
Oh okay. Still FOX did not roll-over. They increased their T-W
subscriber fees by about 500% over what they were. They made-out very
well.