The Struggle for Independents: Niche nets face many challenges but like their chances for surviving and thriving

摘要

LIFE AS AN INDEPENDENT PROGRAMMER has never been easy. As the industry has consolidated-drastically reducing the number of distributors able to carry smaller, niche networks, and with over-the-top players and skinny bundles coming to prominence-it isn't getting any easier. Adding to the hardship is a distributor base eager to keep costs low that has singled out smaller programmers for elimination from their lineups.