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Post by SharksFan99 on Nov 22, 2017 20:41:49 GMT 10
I was thinking about this topic earlier. Television is already facing strong competition from both social media and streaming services. As a result, television programs are attracting much less viewers compared to what they used to, meaning that less money is being invested back into the networks.
Without intervention from the metropolitan networks, do you think regional news bulletins will continue to have a future? In recent years, regional broadcasters have had to cut back on their news output and stop production of some bulletins altogether. IMO, the only way regional news services will continue to have a long-term, viable future, is if the networks o&o the bulletins. What are your thoughts on this?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2017 22:57:46 GMT 10
Interesting idea for a thread.
Re, major metropolitan networks operating regional news bulletins: Of course that's already happening with the regional editions of Nine News that air on SCA Nine stations in Regional Queensland, Southern NSW/ACT and Victoria.
But yeah, I personally wouldn't be overly surprised to see more of that sort of thing happen in the future. Knowing how Seven and Nine frequently copy elements from each other's news service (we've seen that with their promos, On-Air Presentation, the launch of 4pm bulletins), I wouldn't be too surprised if Seven News expands into regional bulletins (outside of Queensland where they already have local news in all those markets) sometime in the next few years. Or maybe Seven might sign an agreement with the affiliates that allows them to fully take advantage of the Seven News branding and additional news resources from the network? Who knows...
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Post by SharksFan99 on Nov 23, 2017 18:06:33 GMT 10
Interesting idea for a thread. Re, major metropolitan networks operating regional news bulletins: Of course that's already happening with the regional editions of Nine News that air on SCA Nine stations in Regional Queensland, Southern NSW/ACT and Victoria. But yeah, I personally wouldn't be overly surprised to see more of that sort of thing happen in the future. Knowing how Seven and Nine frequently copy elements from each other's news service (we've seen that with their promos, On-Air Presentation, the launch of 4pm bulletins), I wouldn't be too surprised if Seven News expands into regional bulletins (outside of Queensland where they already have local news in all those markets) sometime in the next few years. Or maybe Seven might sign an agreement with the affiliates that allows them to fully take advantage of the Seven News branding and additional news resources from the network? Who knows... I think it's inevitable that regional news bulletins will become more consolidated with the metropolitan news services in the not too distant future, especially once the reach rule laws are scrapped. With television beginning to face tougher competition from streaming services, I can't see the regional broadcasters wanting to fork out more money to keep their news services viable. It would be a lot of expenditure for very little reward.
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