Fox And NBC Local Stations Team Up To Save Money

In a move intended to save money in the economically pressed business of local television news, two stations in Philadelphia owned by NBC and Fox are combining some of their video operations with a plan to provide the service to all the stations owned by each company.

Executives from NBC and Fox compared the arrangement, announced Thursday, to the pool coverage that news outlets use to report on certain events, or to what wire services provide to newspapers.

"It's really taking pool coverage and expanding it to day-to-day news coverage," said Jack Abernethy, the chief executive of Fox Television Stations. He said stations could save significantly in such an arrangement, adding that individual stations would not have to each send out "a truck that costs $250,000 or a crew with lights and tripods that cost $40,000 to $50,000."

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Comments

[miamia]

I wouldn't call that garbage news.

[stagebandman]

With the digital revolution being forced on us by the government, we'll be seeing a whole lot of small stations bite the dust next year. Television, as I grew up with, will no longer exist, and it will soon all be owned by Sony, Disney and Oprah.

Hope you're all ready for the end of personal choice.

[LeftLeaner]

WHAT?

NBC with "FOX" - like the so-called msm wasn't right wing biased enough.

[white mende man]

now what will make real news is to see Keith Olberman and Billo co-anchoring a news segment together.

[skibiketrash]

Maybe not fair, but balanced! Please say it aint so!!!

[DuPageDem]

Did Brokaw negotiate this, as part of his obvious desire to become a Fox analyist?

[RJII]

lie down with dogs, you get fleas.

[Tom95134]

Does this mean that Fox News will really start to report news and not just spew opinion, or does this mean that NBC in Philadelphia will slide into the garbage pit that Fox occupies?

[luvangelHussein330]

My hair is officialy on fire now....ick!!

[StillweRise]

it is also a way for fox to stave off total irrelevance as a news organization...

[beanchihuahua]

They've been doing this in Hampton Roads for years. Wavy (NBC) and Fox 43 have the same anchors, weathermen, etc. The only difference is the Fox 43 airs its night news at 10 pm.

[Aaron Haynes]

If FOX and NBC come together, maybe there's hope for the Middle East after all.

[white mende man]

did you mean the Red States?