Vivvo CMS 4.1 http://www.rbr.com/ ©2010 Spoonlabs d.o.o. http://www.rbr.com/files.php?file=rss_logo1_757997737.jpg http://www.rbr.com/ http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/18328.html TV/Cable News Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 -0500 TV networks and their affiliates are now in a dance over whether the networks will share in the new retransmission consent fees that local TV/Cable News Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:25:02 -0500 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. TV/Cable News Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:32:11 -0500 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...