SNL Kagan Updates Projections for Retransmission Fees
SNL Kagan updated its projections for retransmission consent fees from $4.9 billion this year to $9.3 billion by 2020. SNL Kagan projects rising rates based on recent deals, “leading to a higher percentage of retrans fees flowing back to the…
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broadcast networks,” its said Monday in a news release. The projections still indicate net retrans income growth for affiliated stations, “albeit at lower rates than last year,” it said. “It’s sad that broadcasters forcing consumers to pay $9 billion per year for ‘free’ TV is now just business as usual,” said the American Television Alliance in a statement. Broadcasters fight any effort to let consumers choose their own broadcast channels and “then they turn around and double the fees year after year after year,” ATVA said. The networks are “driving this crazy retrans train,” it said. NAB pointed to SNL projections this year that broadcast retrans fees are lower than cable network fees, and that cable network affiliate license fees will reach about $53.3 billion by 2020.