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Right. I was about to write an apology for not actually tying up the thread I was spinning. :) It’s my understanding that on some of the Sat channels you have record labels buying up half~hour blocks for their shows, essentially treating the program like an infomercial. So again, call it narrowcasting?

Streaming is its own devil and I can see maybe an exodus from broadcast and even Sat TV for that sweet, sweet streaming paycheck. Again, it becomes narrowcasting. What local stations and toy companies gave was a shared experience. All the 8 year olds were watching Gatchaman and karate chopping the living daylights out of each other the next day at school. Much like kids in the U.S, 1992 and Power Rangers. Altho some in the early ‘80 with Spectreman. :)

Shared experience is the missing factor. And toys.

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