November 14, 2005
The Future of Television
(Filed under: TV)With TV shows being sold on iTunes, NBC and CBS jumping into the single episode sales business, the increasing use of TiVo and the continual rise of TV shows on DVD, the future of TV is a big, fat question mark. A New York Metro magazine article explores the possibility, including the intriguing idea of a canceled show being revived by fans subscribing to it. Slate explores similar ground.
In a nutshell, one million fans ponying up $40 for a season of a TV show gives a producer $40 million to work with. At $1.5 million an episode for an hour long drama, that makes it pretty feasible to do a 22-episode season without ever having the show appear on traditional TV channels. Add in extra revenue sources like single download episodes, merchandising, DVDs and syndication or re-broadcast rights and it just might work.
Of course you still need one million fans and the ability to convince them to pony up $40, but it's within the realm of possibility. Whether or not anyone realizes it, TV is changing.
Posted by kevin at November 14, 2005 3:44 PM
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