Ok, my friend is writing an essay about TV pirating. How do TV shows get their money and how do they loose it if people download they're show? Aren't we watching it for free already or is there more to it?
2006-11-25 17:10:19 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television
TV shows get paid to air commercials
2006-11-25 17:12:13 · answer #1 · answered by Todd C 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When shows are up for option, and sweeps take place, the prices for advertizing are set, and based on viewership, the network decides what to put money into, and what to cancel, while the advertizers look at the viewership and the prices for advertizing. If a show has a lot of potential pirating, the advertizers won't buy as much time, or pay as high a price for that time. This is all about negotiation. The networks have been awesome about putting their productions on their sites with limited interruption. We the viewer think that's great. What it shows the advertizer, combined with iTunes numbers, is the potential for pirating, if the programmes are offered for free.
Now, I buy LOST on iTunes, but I also watch it on broadcast when it happens. I record The Nine because while LOST was on, I immediately got online at www.thefuselage.com, and yapped about it. Now that Medium is back, I'll still record The Nine, but watch Medium, because I'm used to that schedule. The thing is, after 2 episodes of Day Break, I'm hooked. Thank God it's a short-term show, and I won't need to pick up another recording device.
Now consider weighing program fandom with sponsorship. What a nightmare. The ads pay for the production of these programs. This is why LOST & HEROES will never be on in the same time-slot.
Pirating is BAD. LOST produced on Hawaii is GOOD.
Oh, and TiVo is teh evol!
2006-11-25 17:27:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
SOMEONE is paying for the right to show that TV show...Most shows are paid for by advertising during those shows. In earlier days in TV (and radio) the shows were sponsored entirely by one company at a time. However, with the evolution of TV and video systems, multiple advertisers were introduced, and shows became more and more expensive. For example, a minute of advertising time during the Super Bowl costs around $1.5 million dollars. This cost is based on the estimated number of people watching the show. The more popular the show, the more expensive it is for the network/station to show. Therefore, it costs more to advertise during the more popular shows.
As for piracy, yes, it's a problem. And, no, downloading for free should not be legal, unless all commercials are inserted as an integral part of the shows...
2006-11-25 17:24:57 · answer #3 · answered by Roosterkroozer 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Advertising
Coca cola, ATT, Bell, Toyota, etc pay a lot of money to have they advertising messages during these TV shows
The prices vary but as an average, 20 seconds can cost 100,000 each time they are played, depending on the station, the time, the event, etc.
2006-11-25 17:14:05 · answer #4 · answered by Classy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A show such as "Ugly Betty" charges a channel like "E4" to put there show onto TV. Then E4 would get money from peoples TV lisence, Completions etc..i think.
2016-03-29 09:14:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
television shows get their money through commercials. tv pirating or cable stealing? cable gets their money through a monthly service charge.
2006-11-25 17:13:01 · answer #6 · answered by beccaboo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, i don't know how they lose it but i know they get money from ads and commercials and what not
2006-11-25 17:12:57 · answer #7 · answered by Aric 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋