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Post by thechase on Jan 6, 2022 3:40:45 GMT -5
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Post by chrom on Jan 6, 2022 4:21:44 GMT -5
Disney is rubbing its hands together
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Post by eJm on Jan 6, 2022 8:06:38 GMT -5
Disney is rubbing its hands together I hope they look forward to then being told to sell it on after acquiring it because that's literally what will happen.
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Jan 6, 2022 8:14:44 GMT -5
Wait, if I buy the CW does that mean I get Madelaine Petsch as part of the deal? Because I've got, umm... $42 burning a hole in my pocket and a school project due soon!
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Post by thechase on Jan 6, 2022 9:24:35 GMT -5
Disney is rubbing its hands together I hope they look forward to then being told to sell it on after acquiring it because that's literally what will happen. They take one glance at Flash's finale last season and think 'I thought we finally rid ourselves of Power Rangers?'
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Post by rocket on Jan 6, 2022 9:31:41 GMT -5
Nexstar owns some high-profile CW affiliates (plus former affiliate-turned independent station WGN) so it's not that surprising, IMO.
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Post by eJm on Jan 6, 2022 9:34:14 GMT -5
I hope they look forward to then being told to sell it on after acquiring it because that's literally what will happen. They take one glance at Flash's finale last season and think 'I thought we finally rid ourselves of Power Rangers?' I meant more the āregulators arenāt going to let two major networks owned by the same conglomerate since they had Disney sell sports networks they brought from FOX which are much more minorā than anything to do with the stuff there themselves. EDIT: Also to add, Sky News in the UK was originally part of the deal until the OFCOM stepped in to basically say "Nah" which means it's still technically a part of FOX as a company.
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Jan 6, 2022 10:15:12 GMT -5
They take one glance at Flash's finale last season and think 'I thought we finally rid ourselves of Power Rangers?' I meant more the āregulators arenāt going to let two major networks owned by the same conglomerate since they had Disney sell sports networks they brought from FOX which are much more minorā than anything to do with the stuff there themselves. Yeah, Iām pretty sure there are very specific rules in the US barring one company from owning more then 1 of the 5 free to air networks
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Post by cjh on Jan 6, 2022 10:19:50 GMT -5
I meant more the āregulators arenāt going to let two major networks owned by the same conglomerate since they had Disney sell sports networks they brought from FOX which are much more minorā than anything to do with the stuff there themselves. Yeah, Iām pretty sure there are very specific rules in the US barring one company from owning more then 1 of the 5 free to air networks Is WarnerMedia's stake in The CW the reason ViacomCBS gets past that rule?
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Jan 6, 2022 10:27:32 GMT -5
Yeah, Iām pretty sure there are very specific rules in the US barring one company from owning more then 1 of the 5 free to air networks Is WarnerMedia's stake in The CW the reason ViacomCBS gets past that rule? I believe so, because the 50/50 ownership theoretically prevents Viacom from leveraging things in monopolistic ways to benefit CBS. Also, I think there are some strange arrangements on ownership of affiliates that make it legal. But there was no way in f*** Disney wouldāve gotten the Fox networks even if Fox had been selling those off because of owning ABC.
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Post by James Fabiano on Jan 6, 2022 10:30:09 GMT -5
Disney is rubbing its hands together I hope they look forward to then being told to sell it on after acquiring it because that's literally what will happen. How dare you get in the way of our hilarious memes! ;-) ;-)
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Post by eJm on Jan 6, 2022 10:30:29 GMT -5
Is WarnerMedia's stake in The CW the reason ViacomCBS gets past that rule? I believe so, because the 50/50 ownership theoretically prevents Viacom from leveraging things in monopolistic ways to benefit CBS. Also, I think there are some strange arrangements on ownership of affiliates that make it legal. But there was no way in f*** Disney wouldāve gotten the Fox networks even if Fox had been selling those off because of owning ABC. Cable's a whole different beast considering Disney got FXX and such from the deal from what I remember, but yeah, either Warner buys the entire CW network or another conglomerate would take an interest which...who'd even that be? Sony? They could probably afford something like that right now.
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Jan 6, 2022 12:15:47 GMT -5
I believe so, because the 50/50 ownership theoretically prevents Viacom from leveraging things in monopolistic ways to benefit CBS. Also, I think there are some strange arrangements on ownership of affiliates that make it legal. But there was no way in f*** Disney wouldāve gotten the Fox networks even if Fox had been selling those off because of owning ABC. Cable's a whole different beast considering Disney got FXX and such from the deal from what I remember, but yeah, either Warner buys the entire CW network or another conglomerate would take an interest which...who'd even that be? Sony? They could probably afford something like that right now. Cableās absolutely a whole different beast for regulation. I believe the network regulations date back to pre-cable times when the US only had the Big 3 for networks. So if one company controlled more then one of them they could theoretically not only dictate how business worked but could influence society to an unhealthy degree. We joke about Disney owning the whole friggin planet now, but if CBS and ABC were owned by the same people in 1965 they probably could have steered politics and society in the US.
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Post by thechase on Jan 6, 2022 12:19:32 GMT -5
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Jan 6, 2022 12:26:10 GMT -5
What company would dare pass on the opportunity to own such quality programs as Riverdale and Powerpuff?
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Post by eJm on Jan 6, 2022 12:29:50 GMT -5
What company would dare pass on the opportunity to own such quality programs as Riverdale and Powerpuff? If we're getting technical, they wouldn't actually own any IP or shows, just the airing space it has unless said company that owns it has its own shows and production companies to make shows to air on said network. Sort of in the same way FOX doesn't own anything it airs, just the means to air it.
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Post by Cyno on Jan 6, 2022 12:32:11 GMT -5
The CW started as a merger between CBS/Viacom's UPN and Warner's The WB networks. I think the only reason why they escaped antitrust lawsuits or FCC backlash is because they're not even close in market share compared to ABC, NBC, CBS, or Fox. And outside of a primetime lineup, CW networks tend to show almost exclusively syndicated shows. Like there's no national news bureau, sports division, or anything like that under the CW umbrella.
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Post by Dr. T is an alien on Jan 6, 2022 12:38:15 GMT -5
What company would dare pass on the opportunity to own such quality programs as Riverdale and Powerpuff? If we're getting technical, they wouldn't actually own any IP or shows, just the airing space it has unless said company that owns it has its own shows and production companies to make shows to air on said network. Sort of in the same way FOX doesn't own anything it airs, just the means to air it. To be fair, they probably also own streaming rights up to a certain point.
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Post by James Fabiano on Jan 6, 2022 12:41:59 GMT -5
What company would dare pass on the opportunity to own such quality programs as Riverdale and Powerpuff? If we're getting technical, they wouldn't actually own any IP or shows, just the airing space it has unless said company that owns it has its own shows and production companies to make shows to air on said network. Sort of in the same way FOX doesn't own anything it airs, just the means to air it. Yes, sometimes people get confused and think the networks own what they air. But...sometimes they do put copyright strikes out for programs airing on their shows (NBCUniversal, for instance, often goes after episodes of Sony's Days Of Our Lives. Unless NBC has a stake in DOOL...? Like how they owned the rights to Concentration despite it being a Mark Goodson show and thusly you'd think Fremantle was the owner) Fox is doubly confusing to people who see it and assume Fox = Disney. No. Anything with the 20th Century Fox (Television) logo at the beginning or end is Disney's. The Fox stations are not. And come on, CW also had the Arrowverse (well the good parts of it) and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.
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Post by Cyno on Jan 6, 2022 13:04:16 GMT -5
Anyway, what the CW lacks in terrestrial ratings it more than makes up for in streaming numbers.
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