Future of Broadcast TV under Scrutiny: ‘Everyone Should Be Reevaluating’

The future of broadcast television is everywhere on the minds of television and media executives across the industry. Network television is most definitively under the microscope as a business.

Compared to movie studios, television divisions still produce significant revenue, but that's only because they have cable networks to lean on.

The conclusion emerging is that over the long-term network television is challenged -- declining ratings, viewers’ ability to zap away commercials, Netflix fees on the decline and retransmission fees propping this up for who knows how long?