tennesseeguy
08-06-2006, 11:02 AM
Maybe this is the reason for TV Land's recent oddities in programming. A Broadcasting and Cable Report says Viacom's Cable Units are at risk of not meeting the standard double-digit cash flow standard for the company. Since the split that broke up CBS and Viacom, the stock market has reduced the value of the cable networks by $7B.
According to the article: "top executives are urgently scruitinizing every cost down to curtailing bottled water deliveries."
Second quarter numbers come out, too, August 9 making the recent programming moves even more understandable.
If a cable network like TV Land is under these kind of pressure, it will return a popular show like Threes Company and try to burn it hard in the short term to get ratings. The network does not operate as a total entity -- that is with a flow of programming that makes sense. Instead, it would operate by trying to maximize the places where it has the most potential audience.
Same is true with adding commercial time and having shows run 11:10-11:45pm -- this allows more potential revenue because they can squeeze in more spots.
Wall Street won't look at these moves that most consider bone-headed, they just see the bottom line (i.e. your evening ratings and revenue seem to be trending up).
According to the article: "top executives are urgently scruitinizing every cost down to curtailing bottled water deliveries."
Second quarter numbers come out, too, August 9 making the recent programming moves even more understandable.
If a cable network like TV Land is under these kind of pressure, it will return a popular show like Threes Company and try to burn it hard in the short term to get ratings. The network does not operate as a total entity -- that is with a flow of programming that makes sense. Instead, it would operate by trying to maximize the places where it has the most potential audience.
Same is true with adding commercial time and having shows run 11:10-11:45pm -- this allows more potential revenue because they can squeeze in more spots.
Wall Street won't look at these moves that most consider bone-headed, they just see the bottom line (i.e. your evening ratings and revenue seem to be trending up).