April 5, 2012

Crocodile tears - poor Al

From Reuters:
Exclusive: Low ratings could end cable deal for Gore's Current TV
Al Gore's Current TV has bigger problems to deal with than a potential lawsuit from fired news anchor Keith Olbermann - namely not getting kicked off Time Warner Cable for low ratings.

According to three sources with knowledge of the situation, Time Warner Cable Inc's carriage agreement with Current TV stipulates that, if the left-leaning political news network fails to meet a minimum threshold for overall viewers in a given quarter, financial penalties such as Current TV being required to increase marketing and promotion spending on the cable operator's systems are triggered.

If Current TV misses the audience benchmark in two consecutive quarters, another clause is triggered that would allow Time Warner Cable to drop the channel. The condition was built into the most recent distribution pact between the two parties, which was signed in 2010.

"Time Warner Cable has been flirting with the idea of pulling Current off its systems for some time now," said one of the sources, who all spoke on condition of anonymity.
Makes perfect sense -- if the show isn't paying its way, it is time to free up the bandwidth for something that will. Shades of today's earlier post about Planet Green being replaced with programming that focused on:
…Destination America will tackle subjects including American cuisine — from Tex-Mex to barbeque — and American mysteries from Jesse James’ lost fortune to Area 51. Other shows will visit amusement park thrill rides and Western ghost towns.
Another example of the progressives being massively out of touch with the American Zeitgeist. Posted by DaveH at April 5, 2012 9:18 PM
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