novelones Chapter 267: Queuing up to send money, I can’t even drive away
Chapter 267: Queuing up to send money, I can’t even drive away
The four major TV stations are in a hurry. The controlling parties have given orders to win back the audience!
It was very embarrassing for them to be put in such a mess by a TV station that had only just been established.
Many capitals are thinking about ending up when they see how easy it is to make money in the TV industry.
This is what worries the Morgan Consortium, Fox Group, and Disney the most.
They even heard rumors that the wealthy Time Warner intends to spend heavily to support its own pay TV network HBO!
HBO is different from traditional TV stations that rely on advertising to make money. It relies on paid subscriptions.
From the beginning, he was a second-rate dealer, specializing in showing movies that had finished playing in theaters.
But he was not the only pay TV station. The competition for exclusive broadcast rights became more and more fierce. In the late 80s, he began to try to produce his own movies.
But it has always been a small business, specializing in the production of low-cost TV series and movies. Their average production cycle for TV movies is 18 days, which is comparable to the speed of Hong Kong in the 90s.
The scale is comparable to that of pornographic films, giving them many loyal users.
But after Time Warner witnessed the rise of Paramount Television from scratch, they saw the twilight side of the heroes of the three major television stations.
The restless heart was suddenly ready to move.
They have devoted themselves to large-scale production for 20 years, so naturally they have some experience, and of course they also want to do some large-scale production.
They are professionals in pornography.
In the new century, they have indeed produced some good dramas that entertain the public:
"Game of Thrones", "Westworld", "True Blood", "Here and Now", "Sex and the City"...
What scares the four major TV stations the most is that Time Warner has just acquired the Turner Broadcasting Network, which is when it shows its strength.
If they really want to smash one or two big productions and develop some traditional craftsmanship, their viewership share will be even more precarious!
Time Warner is not alone in wanting to get in.
The atmosphere of eagerness makes the four major TV stations a little scared.
"It's all damn Paramount TV. No matter what, we have to produce programs that can compete with them!"
Faced with heavy pressure from the board of directors, the four major TV stations have no time to reflect.
They spent all the funds they could and summoned the most elite workers, planning to fight Paramount on the weekend prime time, vowing to regain the dignity of the ratings dominance.
NBC directly produced the sequel to its flagship drama "Friends 2";
CBS begins filming "CSI";
abc has decided to acquire the copyright of the popular variety show "Wife Swap" in Eagle Country.
The happiest people to hear that so many programs have been scheduled are the TV viewers in the beautiful country.
In interviews, they all thanked Paramount as a disruptor, believing that they had brought vitality to the television industry.
HBO television network was unwilling to be left alone, and they immediately announced the start of production of "Legend of the Fall Street".
Michael was also surrounded by reporters who did not take the matter too seriously.
I asked the four major TV stations what they thought about the campaign.
Michael, who was in a good mood, did not refuse the interview and took off his sunglasses;
"I really enjoy the atmosphere of chasing each other. Only in competition can Paramount grow. Pressure is the driving force for us to move forward."
The reporters were not very satisfied with his high emotional intelligence answer. Someone asked:
"Don't you, as the president of Paramount Television, have nothing to worry about in the face of the encirclement and suppression?"
After hearing this, Michael smiled:
"It's them who should worry. Don't forget, we at Paramount still have two TV series that haven't been released yet."
After saying that, he turned around and left.
The reporters in the entertainment section then remembered that Paramount also had two The Walking Dead TV series that were filming at the same time.
The media that likes to cause trouble immediately changed their headlines to:
The president of Paramount is not afraid of the four major encirclements and publicly announced that "Prison Break" and "Breaking Bad" will be finalized soon!
This is undoubtedly a free advertisement for Paramount's two upcoming dramas.
The four major TV stations that saw the newspaper all showed disdainful smiles.
No matter how unfavorable Michael and Paramount are, can they still produce blockbuster dramas?
I think that the trump card drama is like Chinese cabbage. After cutting one crop, there will be another crop.
Based on their years of experience, it’s good to have one hit TV series a year. They often rely on series to make money, which requires a lot of trial and error costs.
So they were not frightened by Michael's words.
On the contrary, I felt that Michael was too conceited and would fall into disgrace sooner or later.
In this atmosphere, "Prison Break" is scheduled to be released on Thursday's prime time (7 o'clock to 10 o'clock).
To the surprise of Paramount TV subscribers, Prison Break is airing in two episodes.
Because of the success of the show, the public is full of expectations for new episodes.
On Paramount’s newly established official website.
The official conducted a user survey and found that as many as 50 Internet users expressed their willingness to watch jailbreak in front of the TV as soon as possible.
Michael also attaches great importance to the jailbreak project.
He specifically included a promotional clip of the prison break in a new episode of The Walking Dead.
Because they both belong to the United Elite Agency, the creators of Prison Break also support Prison Break on various occasions.
At the same time, Hob also put his "Prison" on the Thursday prime time, hoping to have a chance with Paramount's new star.
NBC, which is ready to make a move, also moved "Friends 2" to Thursday.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that they want to use the popularity of Friends to bully the baseless Prison Break.
These two pieces of news really made the young Paramount Television feel the pressure of dark clouds over the city.
Prison Time is a project that HBO spent a lot of money to snatch away from the Big Four.
Its quality is obvious to all, and coupled with its already popular subject matter, HBO has full confidence in this drama.
Not to mention NBC’s Friends 2!
How popular is Friends 1?
The 17 episodes of the first season set a record of 3000 million viewers.
Episode 21 of the first season once again broke its own record and received more than 3100 million viewers.
Now that the second season is back, the pressure on Paramount is unprecedented.
Wang Lei, who originally wanted to go to Hollywood Beach with Qi Xiaona, was stunned for a few seconds after hearing the news.
Both dramas were hit dramas that were ahead of their time.
Friends is worthy of being the longest-running hit show, and it wasn’t until 2004 that it came to a perfect end.
Prison Break was first aired in 2005. At that time, the TV drama market was in a slump, and Prison Break was the highest-rated drama series at the time.
It set the highest Monday ratings record in seven years during the TV off-season.
Because the first season was so popular, Fox rushed to launch the second season.
If two popular dramas from different eras and styles compete at the same time, Wang Lei really can't guarantee that Prison Break will be better.