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The Family Channel
kathos
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I don't know where this is supposed to be but I thought it should rather be in D&D than Help&Advice.
There's a channel in East Canada called the Family Channel (51 on Rogers). It's basically a channel for all sorts of Disney shows (they sometimes play movies that aren't owned by Disney). The channel work with NO COMMERCIALS and the shows run uninterrupted.
How does this channel make any money? I thought channels made money with commercials. And there's no way Disney's making the difference by selling crappy Kim Possible DVDs and on top of all that they're buying rights to movies to show.
There's a channel in East Canada called the Family Channel (51 on Rogers). It's basically a channel for all sorts of Disney shows (they sometimes play movies that aren't owned by Disney). The channel work with NO COMMERCIALS and the shows run uninterrupted.
How does this channel make any money? I thought channels made money with commercials. And there's no way Disney's making the difference by selling crappy Kim Possible DVDs and on top of all that they're buying rights to movies to show.
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It sounds like your version of The Disney Channel more than ABC Family.
Anyway, do they play High School Musical on this station? If so, that ALONE is your answer. The money they make it cd, dvd, and misc merch sales on High School musical would pay for a network and huge profits ALONE.
If they also play Hannah Montana, it's doubly explained. These two shows bring in redonkulous merch revenue.
I used to watch soo much Recess on Family since it was commercial free and awesome.
Yes. This is why they don't need commercials. Those above mentioned shows make merchandising bank. Any quick glance around walmart will show you the hordes of merchandise accompanying these shows.
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Well thanks guys, cleared up some things.
I would say it's reasonable to estimate the channel makes around 500 million in revenue a year.
Sources:
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6316995.html
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A01E4D9143EF932A05754C0A9659C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=2
Cable in the states is a bit different than in Canada from what I understand. If you don't live in a city you have to have cable or satellite if you want more than 1/2 channels and most cities probably aren't much better, but I've only lived in Victoria as a city so not sure. Our basic packages usually include the US/Canadian networks but not specialty channels (HBO, Family, Discovery etc). So basically we get to pay to watch commercials.
High School Musical was the best-selling album in 2006. Not to mention the DVD, which broke sales records, and the concert, which regularly sold out.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
Really? Everything I have heard makes it sound like crap.
How is crappy and best selling exclusive, especially when you are selling to a younger audience who doesn't know better?
It's safe to assume that you're not the target demographic. Unless you secretly have a crush on Zak Efron.
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I dunno, I think they're alright - this one is, at least. My daughter loves the shows, and it's nice to watch it with her and not be bombarded with commercials (other than the shows themselves of course).
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