Private equity firms are among those putting out feelers, given their sizable investments inlocal TVin recent years.
Granted, youre going to have proceeds, but is that really what you want to do?
Youre seeing ESPN simulcast a large portion of their sports telecasts on ABC.
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If you were to buy the ABC complex, how would that work going forward?
There are a lot of questions that need to be answered.
But that would not preclude us from buying stations, he said.
ABCs portfolio of stations is modest.
Its only eight, largely in the top 10 markets.
Were in eight of the top 10 markets already with a CW station.
We could buy a second station in that market and not increase our household footprint.
I dont know if theres a deal to be done there, he said.
I think theyve got to be a bit clearer in their own thinking about how that goes.
We can take direction but were not necessarily out there leaning into this stuff without a clear path.
Progress has been made.
Were not going to do a bad deal.
Carter agreed, saying of fellow stakeholders in pay-TV, Were putting the band back together.
