News Corp. exec threatens to make Fox subscription-only

[Tab]

Speaking at the opening session of the National Association of Broadcasters' annual trade show here today, Chase Carey, chief operations officer of News Corp., said that his broadcast network, Fox, will change its business model to ensure it gets paid for TV content it produces, if the courts and the politicians in Washington don't protect its current revenue model. Specifically, he said that Fox and other broadcasters may require a subscription model for its broadcast TV service.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57578485-93/news-corp-exec-threatens-to-make-fox-subscription-only/

Works for me. Let the whole thing be that way.

[Spartacus Maximus XL]

1. I would pay to get it removed from my cable tv.

Although I get pleasure out of blocking it on my tvs.

[still_one]

4. In fact I told my satellite company to remove it but they wouldnt

[LooseWilly]

12. I think this would also include FOX the tv station (Simpsons, etc.) as well as sports, etc.

It wouldn't just be the BS "news" station.

Just so everyone realizes.

[Drale]

16. The Major sports orginizations would never let that happen

Fox would be in a heap of legal trouble if they tried

[lumberjack_jeff]

20. If they want to be a broadcast network, then they should get over it.

Sell soap like everyone else does.

[Bluenorthwest]

33. The reference is about Fox TV Network, not FoxNews. FoxNews is currently already cable only

as it is not broadcast, and this issue is all about broadcast.

[LooseWilly]

38. I realize that... just wanted to be sure everyone else did too.

Many of the comments I was reading seemed to think they were referring to Hannity, rather than Homer. D'oh!

[IDemo]

2. Wouldn't charging for Fox "News" be taking money under false pretenses?

[tularetom]

3. Yep, a la carte cable and satellite service it's the only way to go

I would shit can all cable news immediately.

What I need to know I can find online and I don't need any windbag pundits to tell me what to think.

[SmileyRose]

40. I've been begging for this for years

I'm not sure I care about anything on the TeeVee but it would be nice to get the science and history type channels and not have to pay more to subsidize the sports channels.

I don't know what the basic fee would be just to deliver programming - any programming to me but this is one area I think ala carte would be beneficial.

[tanyev]

5. Yeah! That'll show us!

[GoneOffShore]

6. Buh-bye Faux.

The people who watch can barely afford basic cable as is. This will kill Faux.

[Cleita]

7. Sounds like a plan. Let's encourage it.

Imagine not getting blasted by Fox every time you go to the gym, or have to sit in a waiting room.

[Rex]

8. GOOD!

The sooner they fall apart as a company, the better!


DO IT YOU COWARDS!!!

[NightWatcher]

9. Don't touch my Fox Sports South

Or do and I'll get MLBTv and get all the games.

[lpbk2713]

10. Damn right Chase. Go ahead and make everybody subscribe to Faux.

Yeah, I wouldn't take that shit if I were you.

[Rex]

29. That's the spirit!!!

What the hell man!? Why has no one thrown a chair yet! Get in there Chase and start swinging mighty! We got your back on this!

[Tab]

11. The big win

is that I doubt it'd be a staple in gyms and bars. That itself would be worth it.

[Ruby the Liberal]

13. Awesome!

I triple dog dare them.

[olddots]

14. Remember the FCC ?

Fox news has done it's damage and could care if the plug is pulled.

[durablend]

15. Keep in mind

They're talking about FOX broadcast and not FOX News.

[mythology]

28. Unfortunately that point is lost

I'm not quite sure why though. I mean I don't have cable, but I get the local Fox affiliate because it's an over the air network. I don't get Fox News because it's a cable station. That isn't effected by the case in question.

[Bluenorthwest]

34. No the point is not lost, some are missing the point, skipping the facts but it is not lost.

the posters are lost, not the point.

[Atman]

36. This relates to that re-broadcasting company.

There is another story in GD. They're not talking about requiring individuals to subscribe. They're trying to stop a company who is using over-the-air signals as its "product," selling the signal for $10/mo to people who don't want to spend $150 a month for cable.

[spanone]

17. please, please, please. that could remove it from zillions of car dealers waiting rooms immediately

[Melinda]

18. Oh Please Oh Please Oh Please Oh Please Oh Please Oh Please Oh Please Oh Please Oh Please Oh Please

Make it so!

[lumberjack_jeff]

19. Obvious head fake is obvious. Maybe... if they were in the news or entertainment business.

Clearly they are not. They are in the propaganda business, and we all know it. They're not going to do anything that jeopardizes their REAL revenue model.

[Jamastiene]

21. Does that mean I can get it wiped from my cable lineup?

If so, ok, let's get it done then, pronto.

[dembotoz]

22. sooooooo they would take the broadcast of packer games out of wisconsin

sounds like a good public relations move to me.......

bring some marshmallows when the fans burn down the station

[abelenkpe]

23. Please do

[PD Turk]

24. They're talking about FOX over the air broadcast stations

We are liable to see more over the air stations and networks headed this way too. Ad rates for OTA broadcasters are in the toilet and have been for about the last 3-4 years. It's getting to the point where "free" OTA tv is no longer a viable business model. It costs more to operate a lot of TV stations than ad revenue can bring in,no matter how many spots they run.

[starroute]

25. I can't even figure out what they're threatening to do

As far as I know, there's no way to make a broadcast signal that can be received by subscription only. But at one point, the article seems to be saying they will stop broadcasting entirely and become a premium cable and satellite channel. And at another, it seems to be saying their will charge their own local affiliates subscription fees for broadcasting their programs.

Does anybody have a clearer idea of what is really being proposed?

[hrmjustin]

26. Oh no what are we to do!

[ZRT2209]

27. do it!

[TeamPooka]

30. So people will bootleg The Simpsons like they do Game of Thrones and New Girl will become Who Girl?

The CW is praying they do this.
So is NBC.

[theKed]

31. I think this conveys my hope sufficiently:

[Iggo]

32. Do it!!!

[HughBeaumont]

35. This has to be the greatest "threat" since my dad telling me "Don't use this new lawnmower!"

Talk about your all-time classic backfires.

[Hugin]

37. Good riddance.

Final nail, meet coffin.

[Blue_Tires]

39. Guess I'll be listening to the World Series on radio?

[Cal Carpenter]

41. This could be the greatest thing for American politics in a long time, LOL.

Not really, but it was the first thought I had.