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Offline thundley4

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Re: Hey lurking DUmmies, if you want to know how we're responding to Cosmos...
« Reply #25 on: March 11, 2014, 12:16:00 PM »
Why are the DUmmies watching Nat Geo channel anyway? It's owned by Fox and Rupert Murdock.  :-)
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Re: Hey lurking DUmmies, if you want to know how we're responding to Cosmos...
« Reply #26 on: March 11, 2014, 12:37:07 PM »
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Re: Hey lurking DUmmies, if you want to know how we're responding to Cosmos...
« Reply #27 on: March 11, 2014, 02:08:53 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on March 11, 2014, 12:16:00 PM
Why are the DUmmies watching Nat Geo channel anyway? It's owned by Fox and Rupert Murdock.  :-)

Not only Nat Geo but Fox owns about 30% of HULU also.

So while some of the DUmmies are trying to keep from putting 1 thin dime in Murdock's pocket they have no choice.

Motley Fool has a good article on just what Fox is up to with this remake of Cosmos. It's all about making a few dollars and branding.

Which is a good thing.

 Why Fox’s ‘Cosmos’ Is a Smart Risk

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The TV industry is changing -- what once was a big success may now no longer be as viable. As a result companies will do anything to boost their ratings and in turn their financial bottom lines. Fox (NASDAQ: FOXA  ) has embraced this concept like no other and tonight its first of many 2014 investments into "event programming" begins with Cosmos: A Space Time Odyssey.

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/03/09/why-foxs-cosmos-is-a-smart-risk.aspx?source=isesitlnk0000001&mrr=1.00
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