Clearly Trump is not in it for the money. Clearly Fox commuted suicide for political reasons and money boobs like you can’t understand that.
Clearly, again, you do not understand media distribution.
Trump could not look to make a nickel. Do you think ANYONE is going to carry his programming for “free?”
If you think I am a mercenary pr*ck when it comes to business, I am Christmas Morning Scooge compared to these guys.
I know you believe I am simply trying to be disagreeable, but I am not. I ran a large region of a major cable operator for many years. I negotiated carriage for channels every year for about half a million customers. This was back in the day when “adding” a channel was a huge deal.
Technically speaking, from the operator’s end the costs are relatively small. But the signal still needs to get from A to B before we can transmit it to C.
And the tolerance for crappy product is minimal now. Production values matter. Talent matters. All of that stuff is expensive.
Part of what I did was oversee our commercial production group—we produced things like sporting events (Volvo Tennis, Basketball Hall of Fame events for ESPN, etc.). We did some studio stuff—but it was more like cooking shows and public affairs stuff. Our team was great—but its expensive and it hasn’t gotten cheaper.
The ONLY way he would be able to pull it off is with partners who already own the facilities and the talent—and who have it under contract because once they find out its Trump the talent will run for the hills. They will do that because they know working for him is the kiss of death in the business.
So, you see... I know a bit about this stuff. I might not have been Major League...but I played in the AAA for many years.
He would be better off contracting a show on the internet and building from a “one off” rather than trying to build as network.
You can go back to calling me names now.