LOCAST Receives Unfavorable Court Rulling
Locast TV was given an unfavorable court ruling today for future re-broadcast: Locast Nation In the big media companies' lawsuit against Locast, the court just issued a disappointing ruling. We ...
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wa8yxm wrote:
Here is what I do not understand about Loacast, also cable and satellite.
You operate a tv station... The rate you charge for your PRODUCT (Advertising) is based on how many people watch your shows. Now someone comes along and offers to, let's say, double your viewership. Now you have more viewers and logically you now charge more for advertising and profits go up all with NO additional expense on your part.
So you SUE the folks who did you this favor.
Or you charge them a fee
Should you not be sharing your additional wealth with them (Paying)
But no. that's not how it works.
I work for a small cable company, and our service area is far enough out, that local TV service over the air is marginal without a rooftop antennae. But we spend money on a large antennae, or fiber route to rebroadcast their station so thousands more can get it, and they want us to pay them, and keep going up and up.
It is crazy.
