Fox to Affils: Need Dough For D' oh!

摘要

News Corp. President and COO Peter Chernin put Fox affiliates on notice at NATPE: Get ready to help the network pay to produce entertainment fare, not just sports. It's not just cash that Fox is looking for, although it sure will be nice to have affiliates help pay for 24 or The Simpsons. The network seeks a broader value shift that would also take the form of collapsed exclusivity windows and new revenue opportunities, such as video-on-demand services. Over time, such changes in the business model, as Chernin put it, may translate to hundreds of millions of dollars of wealth transfer to the network, at least if Fox gets its way.