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From: terryc on 4 Jun 2010 10:28 On Fri, 04 Jun 2010 23:39:20 +1000, Hunter wrote: > > Ads pay a lot more on TV. It can not be that much, given what is now being advertised. Although, thinking back, K-tel managed prime time adds.
From: Rod Speed on 4 Jun 2010 12:43 Gary R. Schmidt wrote > Hunter wrote >> How are the commercial news websites going to survive when most countries now have a government funded online news >> service? Our is news.abc.net.au and they will never charge for it. > Might as well ask - "How do commercial news *television* programs, or radio, for that matter, survive?" They get much more advertising revenue than an online news service can.
From: Rod Speed on 4 Jun 2010 12:45 terryc wrote > Hunter wrote >> How are the commercial news websites going to survive when most >> countries now have a government funded online news service? >> Our is news.abc.net.au and they will never charge for it. > Quality, being original and first. Difficult to do consistently with the sort of money that they can get by charging for access. > The ABC news is all regurgitated feeds from elsewhere. Not all of it is, most obviously with what has just happened in Israel.
From: Rod Speed on 4 Jun 2010 12:51 terryc wrote > Rod Speed wrote >> Yes, but it remains to be seen how much they will choose to >> spend on say showing up at interesting trials for long times etc. > I had the impression that the crews were not actually ABC news crews, > but more likely some program collecting image for a future program. Yes, but thats got real downsides comprehensive coverage wise. Like I said, Richard Buttrose didnt even get a mention. What you get with a site search is minimal even now.
From: Rod Speed on 4 Jun 2010 12:52
terryc wrote > Hunter wrote >> Ads pay a lot more on TV. > It can not be that much, given what is now being advertised. It is anyway. > Although, thinking back, K-tel managed prime time adds. Try pricing them sometime. |