US media giant CBS could take advantage of several years’ worth of Australian tax credits to help it boost Ten Network’s earnings, if it succeeds in acquiring 100 per cent of the free-to-air broadcaster.
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That is a lot of people who do watch commercial television though.
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I quite like the ideas above that CBS could use 2 channel brands, keep the TEN10 and add a CBS1 (or CBS5 or whatever).
CBS1 could even follow CBS US quite closely, become a “local affiliate” of the US network - which would be immensely US content focussed of course. They have a fair amount of decent shows (with some rights not yet with 10). And do the US national news at 11:30am and CBS Morning news at 6pm in winter (8pm summer is too late).
Quite an experiment in whether a US channel without Aussie content rules would go well.
That would leave TEN10 with a higher Australian focus including reality shows as well as Studio 10, the Project etc, and possibly younger skewing with some Fox content and/or CW.
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Is the CBS This Morning on Ten new? I hadn’t noticed it there before.
It’s been on since Ten got the CBS contract.
It airs Monday to Friday on the main channel from 4:30-6:00am.
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Yes I saw it, just thought it had only come in the last couple of weeks.
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CBS This Morning has been there for years, Ten used to air The Early Show before it got replaced by CBS This Morning.
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While talking about the forthcoming CBS sports streaming service, Les Moonves talked up the CBS commitment to broadcast television. And:
If the Fox owned broadcast television stations and Fox network are not considered “core assets” for 21st Century Fox by Lachlan Murdoch, why is he himself trying to buy a rundown broadcast television network in Australia (that he helped run into the ground)?
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For those with dreams of a Ten This Morning, I stumbled upon this from WBNS-TV in Columbus, Ohio. Very similar logo to the numerical Ten that pops up here.
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While we’re on the topic of U.S. stations, can someone please explain to me how their LCNs work over there?
WBNS-TV (above) for example, has channel 10.1 for CBS and 10.2 for Decades. How do decimal LCNs work?
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From what I understand, most remote controls on TVs in the USA have decimal point buttons, and if a subchannel isn’t entered it defaults to the ‘.1’ subchannel.
Compare that to the Australian remote which has teletext buttons on it instead.
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As a teaser, we could potentially get The Emmy’s broadcast live on CBS All Access this time next year (assuming no conflict in current rights)
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I like your thinking, except The Emmy’s are going to be on NBC next year (the four big networks rotate). The Grammy’s, however, are on CBS, although as you say, Foxtel might take issue with that. Might have also got something like People’s Choice Awards, although that has moved to E! too.
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But they have a contract with Foxtel to show it live so they would lose maoney that way. Unless the relationship with Foxtel becomes completely toxic and CBS breaks all ties.
Oh, I didn’t realise they rotated networks. Still, I would pay for a “platform” that contained a channel’s live shows & sport as well as catchup, without ads. For example, I really only watch ABC and TEN and maybe Nine during The Block season. So, I’d rather pay for those “platforms” at around $10 each, plus Netflix, rather then subscribe to a hundred unused Foxtel channels.
I think this is the way of the future, especially if a network gets a hit show that users would want to subscribe to (eg. The Block or Big Brother).
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Let’s not get too excited… we have to wait til tomorrow when hopefully the judge kicks our Murdoch and Gordon.
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then we party?