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<blockquote data-quote="LightPhoenix" data-source="post: 1872488" data-attributes="member: 115"><p>Personally, what I think (read: theory based on no evidence) is going behind the scenes at SFC is thus. First of all, I don't think they're doing so well financially. They're probably keeping afloat, but I don't think that it is by that much. There are a number of reasons for this, some of which are the fault of the execs, and some of which aren't. Why it is doesn't particularly matter, but I think there are two general schools of thought as to why this is. One is that it's the fault of the executives for mismanaging the station according to it's primary goals (a channel for sci-fi, fantasy, and horror), whereas the other is that it's the fault of the genres themselves.</p><p> </p><p>I think that the people who run and work at SFC are pretty well split down these two lines. I think there are a number of people there who believe that the channel can be financially successful based simply on the genres it represents. I also think there are a number of people there who believe that it can not. The current sort of bipolar attitude of the channel in regards to sci-fi programming specifically, and programming generally, is due to the fact that there are these two factions, and they don't agree, and therefore programming is generally a struggle and a compromise. Right now I would suspect that the higher-ups are more towards the latter attitude - that the genres aren't financially feasible. After all, these genres do tend to cost a lot to make (at least, make well), and aren't generally accessible. Since I think the station isn't doing so well, I think that these people have come in to power, so to speak, and are starting to try to push the channel away from what it was originally meant to be.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LightPhoenix, post: 1872488, member: 115"] Personally, what I think (read: theory based on no evidence) is going behind the scenes at SFC is thus. First of all, I don't think they're doing so well financially. They're probably keeping afloat, but I don't think that it is by that much. There are a number of reasons for this, some of which are the fault of the execs, and some of which aren't. Why it is doesn't particularly matter, but I think there are two general schools of thought as to why this is. One is that it's the fault of the executives for mismanaging the station according to it's primary goals (a channel for sci-fi, fantasy, and horror), whereas the other is that it's the fault of the genres themselves. I think that the people who run and work at SFC are pretty well split down these two lines. I think there are a number of people there who believe that the channel can be financially successful based simply on the genres it represents. I also think there are a number of people there who believe that it can not. The current sort of bipolar attitude of the channel in regards to sci-fi programming specifically, and programming generally, is due to the fact that there are these two factions, and they don't agree, and therefore programming is generally a struggle and a compromise. Right now I would suspect that the higher-ups are more towards the latter attitude - that the genres aren't financially feasible. After all, these genres do tend to cost a lot to make (at least, make well), and aren't generally accessible. Since I think the station isn't doing so well, I think that these people have come in to power, so to speak, and are starting to try to push the channel away from what it was originally meant to be. [/QUOTE]
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