30-12-2022, 11:03 AM
(27-12-2022, 09:26 AM)Kojak Wrote: I don’t work in TV, so obviously don’t know any of the specifics wrt teleshopping slots. My point was that having observed GB News and how they (seem to) work, they seem much more interested in growing their audience via social media and YouTube. Indeed, I’m pretty sure Angelos (the CEO) has said himself that he sees GBN as a tech company first and a TV station second. He has previous as he ran Sky News Australia before coming here - a very
similar network to GBN - and they never did anything like buying teleshopping slots on other channels. It could certainly happen, I agree, but it seems highly unlikely. I don’t see why they would when they are already available on every platform.
It's not necessarily the exact idea, but in 2018 Sky News Australia did make a deal with a "regional broadcaster" (essentially a major-network affiliate at this point) to launch a free-to-air version of Sky News (along with some programming from its corporate siblings) now branded as Sky News Regional. Given the previously-mentioned discussion about the nuances of the Australian television market, it's probably the closest to a paid-airtime deal that could reasonably be mustered (even though it's an entirely different contractual arrangement).
While in theory such a deal is possible, given the sorts of timeslots teleshopping has usually been scheduled for on most channels that air it, it might not be worth looking into such a deal -- it's not the sort of vast legroom TalkTV will be getting on the local TV services, at least.
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