Why can broadcasters use the profits from their specialty stations to support the local conventional stations?
Specialty stations need their profits to remain self-sustaining. If we take money from the specialty stations and direct it to our local television stations, we will also be endangering specialty TV. Also, specialty stations are often owned by multiple shareholders, so taking money from one property and investing it in another isn’t as simple as it may seem. How can we expect the stakeholders of one of our services to subsidize properties in which they have no ownership stake?
