CTVA 481 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Red Barron, Barter, Warner Bros.
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Syndication is different you have 39 weeks of originals and 13 weeks of repeats = 52 weeks. Syndication shows do not air on prime time. Public affairs (saturday afternoon and sunday afternoon talking about election) a. b. Foreign programs that are not seen in u. s. and is going to air is first run. Was aired in europe before for years then goes to u. s. = 1st run. Already aired and goes into syndication = off net. Some major networks make content and give to others. If you had a programmer on ellen show and sell it he would go to other stations (natp) national association of television executives: once a year to buy programs. Station can have barter spots and syndicator could too. Law: retransmit a show but not on the same cable channel. Fcc took away an hour of primetime and run first run syndication from 7-8 a. m.