Category: The TV Biz

Understanding Our Online Future

Fascinating article dealing with TV and TV writing from the perspective of – business, people! With some important history thrown in for a little thing that’s often missing in these kinds of discussions – context:

Business Musings: Learning, The Future, and CES (Contracts/Negotiations)
by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

In November, 2007, the members of the Writers Guild of America (East & West) walked off the job as part of a contract negotiation with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. (AMPTP) That strike was consequential for a variety of reasons. read article

Cord Cutting Thursday #2: More than 1 million people cut the cord during the most recent quarter

(EDITOR’S NOTE: The auto schedule thing for TVWriter™ failed, so this post is – OMG! – late. Apologies for a screw-up in the order here that nobody would’ve noticed if we hadn’t just told you. So:)

Another look at cord-cutting, from a wider POV:

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Cord Cutting Thursday #4: Where The Cord Cutting Thing is Leading

Last but not least, today’s last look at TV cord cutting, AKA “The Modern Buggy Whip Manufacturers Strike Back.” (Yeah, we made that up. But here’s what we mean:

by Luke Bouma

There is an old saying that goes “look at who they attack, and you will find out who they are afraid of.” This seems to be very true as a growing number of media companies line up to attack cord cutting. read article

Cord Cutting Thursday #3: Best live TV streaming services for cord-cutters

Tips for cord cutters are big business these days. Our recommendation is that y’all give them some real, hard thought because if things keep going this way, you might not have any choice but to, you know, move on:

by Ty Pendlebury, David Katzmaier

Cable TV can seem a lot like a landline phone: an unnecessary expense shacked by outdated hardware. All the cool kids, and a lot of the cool grownups, are cutting the cable TV cord. read article

Cord Cutting Thursday #1: Cord Cutting Is Growing As Americans Over 50 Ditch Cable TV

Writing for TV is meaningless if nobody’s watching the medium, wouldn’t you say? Keeping that in mind, we at TVWriter™ have dedicated today, Thursday, February 21st, to a look into the future of what the Brits might call “Telly Transmission,” starting with:

by Luke Bouma

For years cord cutting was seen as something Millennials are doing. Now evidence is starting to pile up that people of all age groups are cutting the cord. A new report from PwC shows 28 percent of Americans over 50 years old no longer pay for a traditional pay TV service. read article