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Re:The Meltdown at CNN by jcranmer on Sunday June 04, 2023 @11:37PM (#36191957)
The closest you can get, I think, is to position yourself as what works as an inoffensive, neutral, background option for always-on TVs (the cable news version of USA Today, basically). You can probably be (barely) profitable with such a model, but you're really going to have settle yourself with having no growth potential.

> Game of Thrones, which is premium cable content, averaged almost 30x more

To be fair, I'm pretty sure that Game of Thrones is the most-viewed premium cable content in history.

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Re:The Meltdown at CNN by kevinmchugh on Sunday June 04, 2023 @11:52PM (#36192039)
The neutral background offerings I've encountered in the last few years are: HGTV, food channel, CNBC/fox business, and, strangely often: the Conan interview where Rob McIlhenny talks about getting buff.

In a dentist, car showroom, or airport, it's a real risk to show the news. House hunters or guy fieri are way more neutral

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