http://www.rbr.com/ ©2007 Spoonlabs d.o.o. Vivvo CMS 4.1 2012-02-11T17:47:15-06:00 http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/18328.html 2009-11-05T16:11:00-06:00 2009-11-05T16:11:00-06:00 Jack Messmer TV networks and their affiliates are now in a dance over whether the networks will share in the new retransmission consent fees that local http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/18328.html 2009-11-06T06:25:02-06:00 2009-11-06T06:25:02-06:00 Enough All Ready The Networks used to pay compensation to affiliates that distributed their product...then its was reversed and the affiliates pay for programming (and its no longer exclusive or perhaps as valuable because they give it away on the Internet)...now the Net's want a slice of whatever fees the affiliates might get from cable. When will it end...when they drive us out of business all together. http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/18328.html 2009-11-06T09:32:11-06:00 2009-11-06T09:32:11-06:00 Amen... Sure, Les. You want a piece of the pie? Get our shows off the Web. Why should we pay to compete with ourselves? Fact is, without the affiliates and their preferred channel positions and massive local promotion, the Big 4 would be nothing more than just another also-ran cable net--and, they'd have to program 24/7, not depending upon the affiliates to program the weakest hours...