NBC Agrees To Buy The Weather Channel
Well, I guess I was late to this party… but here is my take on this. NBC buys good networks and turns them into garbage. Bravo for example. And now The Weather Channel. We have a hurricane brewing in the Atlantic – but when I turn on the “Weather Channel”, I get SOCCER news with Mia or POLITICAL updates…or worse – Al Roker being silly. WHAT? If I want soccer or political – there are plenty of places I can go for those.If I want comedy, I’d go to the comedy channel (or Fox, CNN, or MSNBC). So I guess now I will go to www.accuweather.com, when what I really want is the “WEATHER.”
This seems to be happening across the broadcast world. Information is rare. Silliness, opinion (couched as news), and downright misinformation is the norm.
So is it any wonder the networks can’t figure out ratings problems?? bc
NBC Universal and two partners said Sunday they have reached a deal to buy The Weather Channel from Landmark Communications Inc., ending a drawn-out process that had attracted interest from several major media companies.