I just realized ...

[unixronin]

... This whole SciFi rebranding thing, and the comment about wanting to "distance the SciFi Channel from science fiction".

Well — maybe they were inspired by Fox and news.

Comments

[guppiecat]

As I see it:

* More stations mean less viewership per station
* Crappy economy means less ad revenue over all, therefore less ad revenue per station
* Increased bandwidth means more people able to download what they want when they want it
* Crappy economy also means fewer people paying for cable/dish

All in all, it means that TV is dying, and cable is dying faster. Thus, I suspect that the cable channels are in a "try something, try anything" mode.

I think that we'll see some very interesting collapses and some VERY interesting new models over the next few years.