WFLD & WMAQ to share resources!

[NBC 5 Chicago 196]

Article in today's Chicago Sun Times.

 

It's kind of like what is already going on in Philadelphia.

 

http://www.suntimes.com/business/lazare/1279128,CST-FIN-lew14.article

[WCAUTVNBC10 413]

Article in today's Chicago Sun Times.

 

It's kind of like what is already going on in Philadelphia.

 

http://www.suntimes.com/business/lazare/1279128,CST-FIN-lew14.article

 

Both station groups are going to be sharing content with each other within each station's markets. So FOX O&Os will be sharing with NBC O&Os and vice versa.

[eyewitness_news 5]

That's also what was going on in Miami. Both Philadelphia and Miami have or used to have O&Os that share the same news resources within both their markets, i.e. WCAU 10 and WPHL 17 & WTVJ 6 and WSFL 39 respectively.

[eyewitness_news 5]

I wouldn't be surprised if the Fox O&Os and NBC O&Os were to follow suit in New York, LA, Dallas, or Washington, D.C. respectively.

[A3N 1002]

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If you would have read the post above yours, you would know that all the markets where an NBC O&O and FOX O&O exist will share content.

[rtmclaug 70]

This should be interesting to see how it plays out. If it works out well enough, do you think that they could combine operations? Just a thought.

[Jase 1065]

It's highly unlikely that they would combine operations given that they are not owned by the same company. That aside, they would have to deal with a series of complex rules that it may not be worth going through in the end and not save either party a great deal of money.

 

Phil R. from the Chicago Tribune offered a better explanation of this partnership and one key point is that both stations will share "video" and nothing more (at least in the beginning).