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#1 Purpose of Commercial Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Internet:

#1 Purpose of Commercial Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Internet:. Attract Audiences. Who, then, influences the kinds of programs which will do this?. Advertisers Set the Trend. Narrowcasting Demographics Psychographics Segmentation. Programs follow the trend. Consumer Targets.

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#1 Purpose of Commercial Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Internet:

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  1. #1 Purpose of Commercial Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Internet: Attract Audiences Who, then, influences the kinds of programs which will do this?

  2. Advertisers Set the Trend • Narrowcasting • Demographics • Psychographics • Segmentation Programs follow the trend

  3. Consumer Targets • Males and females 18-34 • Females 25-54 • Marketing studies indicate they wield the most spending power • They may also have the most disposable income

  4. Bottom Line Thinking: • Programmers want the best shows for the best price • The aim is to get the most valuable viewers for the least cost • All other considerations secondary • What does that say about us?

  5. Programs and Cost Parsimony Principle • Sparing use of material (stretching plot) • Replay (summer reruns, scheduled reruns) • Repurposing (Network shows appear on cable channels owned by the same media corporation) • What is lost/what is gained

  6. Birth of a Program • Network tells studios what audience it wants to target (studios already know) • Studios pull concepts off the shelf, make a pilot, show it to the Net • Net may like it, ask for changes, or ask for a few episodes • Only 25% make it on the air • Darwinian, market based and dumb

  7. Deficit Financing • Studios retain rights to the program and to its distribution • First purchase by Net rarely covers production costs • Resale to cable and individual TV stations is called off-network syndication • That’s where the REAL money is. • Are we getting the market point?

  8. SyndicationAny non-local programs not currently licensed to a network • Off-network: have appeared or may still be running on a broadcast network • First-run: originally designed for syndication never seen on a network • How do new creative enterprises get in

  9. How Syndication Works • Industry showcases new offerings (but most deals happen before hand) • Station leases a syndicated program for a certain # of runs or a time period • Lease fee is cash or barter (free time) or a combination of both • Some contracts specify a time slot

  10. The Barter Dilemma:Trading advertising for programming • Progams come off the satellite with spots already inserted • Reduces # of local availabilities [avails] • Stations may also be forced to pay cash • Smaller markets/lower rated stations pay more--spots are less valuable

  11. Who’s doing the Syndicating? • Studios like Paramount and Buena Vista (with off-network syndication they can make a profit) • Production Companies like King World (their programs cheaper to produce) • Syndicators may bundle a genre together and offer packages of same • Local broadcast stations may pay extra for exclusivity on a given program

  12. Rules and Regs • fin/syn: elimination of this rule allowed the mergers of networks with production companies and syndication firms • (Financial Interest and Synication Rules) • Huge debates about access related to fin/syn rules. • The networks have freer reign again

  13. Radio Syndciation • Syndicated formats • Syndicated features • Talk show, business, consumer advise • A growth in niche programming • A shrinking diversity • Less local content • Much less jobs available

  14. Radio: Syndicated Formats Playlists are downlinked via Satellite

  15. Radio: Syndicated Features Rush Limbaugh Howard Stern

  16. DividingTV Dayparts • Early Morning (News and Info) • Morning (Talk and Info) • Noon (News) • Afternoon (Soaps) • Early Fringe/News Block (varies) • Local Access • Prime Time • Late Fringe/News Block • Late Night….. Overnight

  17. Radio Dayparts • Morning Drive • Midday • Afternoon Drive • Night • Overnight • Radio Format Clock p. 235: we will discuss March 20

  18. TV Program Sources • Local • Major Hollywood Film Studios • A few Minor Hollywood Studios • A few Major/Minor Independent Producers • Some foreign syndicators

  19. Feature Films • 1st reach audience through theatres • More money made through video distribution • More money made through premium cable movie channels (HBO) • Even more money made through rights to broadcast networks • More money still… reruns on cable networks (Turner)

  20. Network Programming Strategies • Counterprogramming • Block programming • Stripping • Strong lead-in • Leading-out • Hot switching • Hammock

  21. Radio Program Strategies • Schedule program elements in 60 minute cycles (CNN was the first TV network to utilize this strategy) • Try to match audience activities and environments • Counterprogramming, stripping, blocking

  22. Program Promotion • Image: promote a station’s or network’s news philosophy or experience • Topical: promote specific news segments or entertainment episodes • Program: Generic • Billboard: lineup of what’s on tonight • Radio/TV “tradeouts” (may involve tickets)

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