08/14/2018

TV2020 To Offer Retrans Consent Rev Outlook

Experts from MCTV, BIA Advisory Services, RBC Capital and Brooks Pierce to discuss retransmission consent prospects at the daylong conference in October.

Experts with a broad range of retransmission expertise will discuss broadcasters’ expectations for retransmission consent revenue and its realistic sustainability at TV2020: Monetizing the Future on Oct. 17 at New York’s Javits Center.

Robert Gessner, president of MCTV; Mark Fratrik, SVP and chief economist at BIA Advisory Services; David Kushner, a media and communications attorney with Brooks Pierce; and Marcos Torres, senior managing director at RBC Capital Markets will examine retransmission consent’s vital significance to broadcasters and the economic and regulatory forces that could threaten to slow its revenue stream.

“Retransmission consent revenue has become a major contributor to station groups’ top line, and with advertising growing little if at all, broadcasters are counting on the fees from cable and satellite operators to propel overall revenue and profit for the next several years,” said TVNewsCheck Editor and Co-Founder Harry A. Jessell. “But is that expectation realistic? Can retrans be counted on to sustain the growth of individual groups and the entire industry for the next three years? The next five?”

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