A new conservative entertainment network on TV
The Bulletin reports that a special channel for conservative showbiz has been launched in the USA:
NEW YORK — Kelsey Grammer is an investor and public face supporting a new network that launched last week with entertainment designed to appeal to political conservatives.Yes, maybe it has! Better still, what if they were to buy the rights to some liberal-owned showbiz sources and see if they could inject some new life into them as well? That might work too.
RightNetwork, whose first series, “Running,” follows the fortunes of some Tea Party-backed candidates for public office, is also trying a new model to establish itself. It is initially making programming available through video-on-demand services, the Internet and through mobile phones, bypassing the approach of a traditional television network with a spot on channel lineups.
Investors hope the support of a conservative audience that has made Fox News Channel and radio hosts like Rush Limbaugh successful could also work for entertainment programming, said Kevin McFeeley, RightNetwork’s president.
“We feel the precedent has been set,” he said.
Labels: communications, showbiz, United States
