Ben - not sure I understand what you are saying... All I meant was that many affiliates, who usually have lower news budgets than the network, were able to begin broadcasting their news in HD first, which seems counterintuitive based on those budgets.
Gabe, A national news show like "NBC Nightly News" is only on for 30 mins a day. Local news stations have morning news 5am-7am (sometimes longer) midday 12-1, and evening 5-6 and nightly news 11-11:30.
This means they produce about 4 hours of programming per day. So their investment goes much further since they produce 8 times as many hours of content.
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Gabe @ Feb 9th 2007 9:15AM
Ben - not sure I understand what you are saying... All I meant was that many affiliates, who usually have lower news budgets than the network, were able to begin broadcasting their news in HD first, which seems counterintuitive based on those budgets.
Ben @ Feb 9th 2007 9:18AM
Gabe,
A national news show like "NBC Nightly News" is only on for 30 mins a day. Local news stations have morning news 5am-7am (sometimes longer) midday 12-1, and evening 5-6 and nightly news 11-11:30.
This means they produce about 4 hours of programming per day. So their investment goes much further since they produce 8 times as many hours of content.