As a result, the media companies are increasingly pushing for carriage fee and retransmission fee growth.
While the absolute amount of retransmission fee still remains small, it is directly additive to profits.
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The affiliate fee primarily incorporates the carriage fee for cable networks and retransmission fee for broadcasting networks.
Ultimately, Congress could step in and update a cable law governing retransmission fees.
The broadcasters are seeking an injunction against Aereo, claiming the company is allowing consumers to bypass cable retransmission fees.
In addition, retransmission fee growth and digital licensing deals will add to profits.
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He believes it is healthier from an advertising and potential retransmission revenue perspective, both of which explain his back-to-basics approach.
Industrywide, those retransmission fees add up to billions of dollars every year.
It is a little surprising that CBS experienced low revenue growth despite having a good content, increasing retransmission and digital licensing deals.
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Disney needs to offset this decline with higher licensing and retransmission deals.
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During the same period, retransmission consent fees and online revenues are poised to increase from 1% and 2% to 9% and 7%, respectively.
Even though ad sales remain important, the strategy is to reduce this dependence by growing cable networks revenue, retransmission fees and reverse compensation.
Current retransmission fees paid by the cable guys to the networks range from 40 cents to 60 cents per subscriber, per month, notes Mansell.
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The NFL also has said that without the rule cable and satellite providers would have more leverage in negotiations with broadcasters for retransmission rights.
Chief Operating Officer Chase Carey said that not being paid by Aereo jeopardizes the economics of broadcast TV, which relies on both retransmission fees and advertising.
Chief Operating Officer Chase Carey said that not being paid by Aereo jeopardizes the economics of broadcast TV, which benefits from both retransmission fees and advertising.
Retransmission fees are one of the ways in which the company is adding to its future growth and reducing its dependence on traditional ad dollars.
Dish has had a contentious relationship with many entertainment companies for years, particularly over the so-called "retransmission" fees it has to pay to carry broadcast networks' programming.
If the broadcasters allow Aereo to get its broadcasting programming for free, this may lead to other companies retransmitting signal (eg. the cable companies) to request that broadcast retransmission fees be eliminated or at least lowered drastically.
In his new position, Burke has the opportunity to (re)shape the entertainment landscape, making pivotal decisions on topics ranging from retransmission consent to video-on-demand to the business of online viewing (NBC Universal is a part owner of Hulu).
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Ivi tried to argue it was a cable-TV network for the purposes of these retransmission rights, because an exception to the Copyright Act gives cable operators the right to retransmit if they pay fees set by the Copyright Royalty Board, an arm of the Library of Congress.
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The New York-based cable operator, which has been locked in contentious negotiations over retransmission consent with Fox-parent News Corp for the better part of two weeks, announced that it has offered Fox the same rate it gets from Time Warner Cable to carry WNYW New York and WTXF Philadelphia, something the network had been demanding from the onset.
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