I think we have to be slightly cautious here. Not all the tv stations are locally owned. The major national broadcasting networks are allowed to own and operate a small number of stations themselves, a very limited number
And of course even the ones that aren't O&O aren't necessarily locally owned either
Isn't the point of O&Os that they are owned by the network - so can't be locally owned?
I think we have to be slightly cautious here. Not all the tv stations are locally owned. The major national broadcasting networks are allowed to own and operate a small number of stations themselves, a very limited number
And of course even the ones that aren't O&O aren't necessarily locally owned either
Isn't the point of O&Os that they are owned by the network - so can't be locally owned?
There are non-network companies such as Tribune, Local TV, EW Scribbs and Sinclair Broadcast Group which own multiple local channels, sometimes more than one in a market.
I think we have to be slightly cautious here. Not all the tv stations are locally owned. The major national broadcasting networks are allowed to own and operate a small number of stations themselves, a very limited number
And of course even the ones that aren't O&O aren't necessarily locally owned either
Isn't the point of O&Os that they are owned by the network - so can't be locally owned?
He was talking about the ones which aren't.
Well in an effort to clear up any misunderstanding about my post. The point I was trying to make was that it is often assumed in the UK that the large American broadcasting networks (NBC, ABC etc) aren't actually allowed to own any local tv stations. They are, but only a very limited number. So the ones they do own and operate are geographically located in wealthy and influential areas.
As an American, perhaps I can clear up some of the confusion about Network Owned-and-Operated stations.
There's no hard and fast rule in how many stations a network could own, except perhaps existing monopoly regulations. Many O&Os are in major markets because that's where the first stations were established, but there was a time when networks owned stations in mid to smaller markets. Over the years, they've sold those off.
As an American, perhaps I can clear up some of the confusion about Network Owned-and-Operated stations.
There's no hard and fast rule in how many stations a network could own, except perhaps existing monopoly regulations. Many O&Os are in major markets because that's where the first stations were established, but there was a time when networks owned stations in mid to smaller markets. Over the years, they've sold those off.
I think the 'rules' allow a national TV network to own up to a certain percentage of reach of viewers, 40% rings a bell in my mind. So no limit on the number of stations that can be held nationwide, but a limit on their total reach (if that's the correct term). Happy to be corrected on this.
So here's an interesting example of how American pres works, as seen last night.
TBS were showing some post-season baseball: Dodgers at Braves followed by Detroit Tigers at A's. The first game over-ran, so the start of the second was shown on TNT.
TNT were, however, 90 minutes through The Wedding Crashers. And they just crashed straight into the baseball coverage - no announcement, no fade to black, no ident, just a plain unsynched SDI cut to a TBS-branded programme. At 9.30pm on a Friday. No biggie.
The Braves game finished about 5 minutes later, so TBS's coverage did a wipe into the A's game, and simulcast for a bit. Then, at the first ad break, a sports presenter appeared on TNT to say that coverage would continue on TBS, apologised for the interruption, and did a "now back to your regularly scheduled programming". Which was The Wedding Crashers - from the start again.
Speaking of TBS, here's an example of accelerated flow in progress. (It's the previous on-air look but the practice is still the same)
Note: It is the HD feed, but they just stretched the programme/SD presentation.
And here's a 'In Progress' bumper from NBC, to go back to regular scheduled programming, note the station IDs from affiliates tend to be short news promos but the legal ID featuring the call sign is the important bit of it.
ABC (previous on-air look from last year):
ABC 7 Chicago (WLS)
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Speaking of TBS, here's an example of accelerated flow in progress. (It's the previous on-air look but the practice is still the same)
How irritating and completely pointless (this example anyway).
If the programme is already started without the intro then why show the intro when that programme is already started......(think ive confused.com myself lol)