Find Articles in:
All
Business
Reference
Technology
News
Lifestyle

Dueling for Dollars.(strategies used to negotiate Retransmission consent)

Multichannel News, March, 2007 by Moss, Linda; Farrell, Mike

By Linda Moss and Mike Farrell Cash -- Lots of It -- Is at Stake When Broadcast and Cable Squares Off on Retransmitting TV Signals. Here's How Each Side Tries To Grab or Keep It Sinclair Broadcast Group employed a regimen of strategies and tactics to apply pressure in -- and ultimately win -- its bitter retransmission-consent fight with Mediacom Communications earlier this year.

In fact, Sinclair's battle plan could be a playbook for broadcasters seeking the upper hand on a cable operator in today's competitive TV marketplace. When Hunt Valley, Md.-based ...

 

BNET TalkbackShare your ideas and expertise on this topic

The following tags are supported in BNET comments:
<b></b> <i></i> <u></u> <pre></pre>

Leave a Reply

  1. You are currently a guest | Login?
advertisement
Go
advertisement
  • Click Here
  • Click Here
advertisement