Who’s to say ThreeNow will stay, anyway? Not much point having a catchup service named after a channel you’ve just closed down…
Going back to this:
Assuming the rumours about Three closing down are true, I wonder if WBD have decided the ad revenue just isn’t worth it anymore?
As per that Post article, we know the transmission fees for DTT alone are $5.2 million. We know ad spend is way down. We know they’re getting rid of what is by far their schedule’s biggest anchor.
Without Newshub, without all other local productions, what reason is there for viewers to tune in? Repeats? Imports? No, the more I think about it, the more I am convinced we are seeing WBD wind down Three.
This is it - the final curtain. In - let’s say… 18 months’ time, TV3 will be something we talk about purely in the past tense.