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wrt XM, DC has a lot of tv production because of news. But the industry is so focused on cost reduction that it becomes difficult to develop broader infrastructure. A lot of the support companies (Atlantic Video, etc.) go out of business. Not many shows are run out of DC (e.g., Atlantic did a couple ESPN shows for awhile, which helped them a lot).

So with media you have PBS, NPR, Discovery, BET, and the XM part of Sirius. XM started here I think because of the need to deal with FCC for frequencies and some of the people who started might have worked for Comsat/Intelsat or related companies.

It's hard to develop critical mass vis-a-vis NYC and LA.

by Richard Layman on Jul 17, 2012 4:39 pm • link • report

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