{"id":3905,"date":"2011-12-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/2011\/12\/09\/fitch-outlook-for-u-s-media-entertainment-stable-for-2012\/"},"modified":"2011-12-09T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-09T00:00:00","slug":"fitch-outlook-for-u-s-media-entertainment-stable-for-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/fitch-outlook-for-u-s-media-entertainment-stable-for-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Fitch: Outlook for U.S. Media & Entertainment Stable for 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK: <\/span><\/span> Fitch Ratings’ 2012 outlook for the U.S. Media & Entertainment sector is stable, according to the credit agency’s latest report, which cites that OTT services are not expected to lead to widespread cord-cutting in the year ahead. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The outlook predicts that media companies have enough financial flexibility to withstand "elevated macroeconomic risks" next year. <\/span><\/span> Media conglomerates’ diversity and exposure to cable networks were one factor cited as a contributor to the stability and cash flow. Fitch said that high margins and low capital requirements will continue to drive free cash flow, providing a "significant cushion" to potential economic pressures. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Media & Entertainment sector will see modest growth in advertising spending next year, boosted by a banner year for political advertising. Fitch does not expect a double-dip recession, though if one does occur the firm believes ad spending next year could decline substantially more than gross domestic product.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Fitch predicts that over-the-top technologies will remain largely incremental. <\/span><\/span>Video content on tablets is also expected to remain largely incremental and benefit content providers and aggregators. "The ability to aggregate large audiences will keep traditional media players relevant," the report states.  <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK: Fitch Ratings’ 2012 outlook for the U.S. Media & Entertainment sector is stable, according to the credit agency’s latest report, which cites that OTT services are not expected to lead to widespread cord-cutting in the year ahead.  The outlook predicts that media companies have enough financial flexibility to withstand "elevated macroeconomic risks" next …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories"],"yoast_head":"\nFitch: Outlook for U.S. Media & Entertainment Stable for 2012<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Fitch: Outlook for U.S. Media & Entertainment Stable for 2012. NEW YORK, December 9: Fitch Ratings' 2012 outlook for the U.S. Media & Entertainment sector is stable, according to the credit agency's latest report, which cites that OTT services are not expected to lead to widespread cord-cutting in the year ahead. . Author - Kristin Brzoznowski\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/fitch-outlook-for-u-s-media-entertainment-stable-for-2012\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fitch: Outlook for U.S. Media & Entertainment Stable for 2012\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Fitch: Outlook for U.S. Media & Entertainment Stable for 2012. NEW YORK, December 9: Fitch Ratings' 2012 outlook for the U.S. Media & Entertainment sector is stable, according to the credit agency's latest report, which cites that OTT services are not expected to lead to widespread cord-cutting in the year ahead. . Author - Kristin Brzoznowski\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/fitch-outlook-for-u-s-media-entertainment-stable-for-2012\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVUSA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-12-09T00:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/logo.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"World Screen\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"World Screen\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/fitch-outlook-for-u-s-media-entertainment-stable-for-2012\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/fitch-outlook-for-u-s-media-entertainment-stable-for-2012\/\",\"name\":\"Fitch: Outlook for U.S. Media & Entertainment Stable for 2012\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-12-09T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-12-09T00:00:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/#\/schema\/person\/48d5d8caeca98083bf34512b4ce8c4c7\"},\"description\":\"Fitch: Outlook for U.S. Media & Entertainment Stable for 2012. NEW YORK, December 9: Fitch Ratings' 2012 outlook for the U.S. Media & Entertainment sector is stable, according to the credit agency's latest report, which cites that OTT services are not expected to lead to widespread cord-cutting in the year ahead. . Author - Kristin Brzoznowski\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/fitch-outlook-for-u-s-media-entertainment-stable-for-2012\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/fitch-outlook-for-u-s-media-entertainment-stable-for-2012\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/fitch-outlook-for-u-s-media-entertainment-stable-for-2012\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Fitch: Outlook for U.S. Media & Entertainment Stable for 2012\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/\",\"name\":\"TVUSA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/#\/schema\/person\/48d5d8caeca98083bf34512b4ce8c4c7\",\"name\":\"World Screen\",\"description\":\"The leading source of information for the international media business.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Fitch: Outlook for U.S. Media & Entertainment Stable for 2012","description":"Fitch: Outlook for U.S. Media & Entertainment Stable for 2012. NEW YORK, December 9: Fitch Ratings' 2012 outlook for the U.S. Media & Entertainment sector is stable, according to the credit agency's latest report, which cites that OTT services are not expected to lead to widespread cord-cutting in the year ahead. . Author - Kristin Brzoznowski","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/fitch-outlook-for-u-s-media-entertainment-stable-for-2012\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Fitch: Outlook for U.S. Media & Entertainment Stable for 2012","og_description":"Fitch: Outlook for U.S. Media & Entertainment Stable for 2012. NEW YORK, December 9: Fitch Ratings' 2012 outlook for the U.S. Media & Entertainment sector is stable, according to the credit agency's latest report, which cites that OTT services are not expected to lead to widespread cord-cutting in the year ahead. . Author - Kristin Brzoznowski","og_url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/fitch-outlook-for-u-s-media-entertainment-stable-for-2012\/","og_site_name":"TVUSA","article_published_time":"2011-12-09T00:00:00+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/logo.jpg"}],"author":"World Screen","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"World Screen","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/fitch-outlook-for-u-s-media-entertainment-stable-for-2012\/","url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/fitch-outlook-for-u-s-media-entertainment-stable-for-2012\/","name":"Fitch: Outlook for U.S. Media & Entertainment Stable for 2012","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/#website"},"datePublished":"2011-12-09T00:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2011-12-09T00:00:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/#\/schema\/person\/48d5d8caeca98083bf34512b4ce8c4c7"},"description":"Fitch: Outlook for U.S. Media & Entertainment Stable for 2012. NEW YORK, December 9: Fitch Ratings' 2012 outlook for the U.S. Media & Entertainment sector is stable, according to the credit agency's latest report, which cites that OTT services are not expected to lead to widespread cord-cutting in the year ahead. . Author - Kristin Brzoznowski","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/fitch-outlook-for-u-s-media-entertainment-stable-for-2012\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/fitch-outlook-for-u-s-media-entertainment-stable-for-2012\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/fitch-outlook-for-u-s-media-entertainment-stable-for-2012\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Fitch: Outlook for U.S. Media & Entertainment Stable for 2012"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/#website","url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/","name":"TVUSA","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/#\/schema\/person\/48d5d8caeca98083bf34512b4ce8c4c7","name":"World Screen","description":"The leading source of information for the international media business.","url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3905\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}