Westeros Building, in a restaurant by the window of the top super mansion.

It is seven o'clock in the morning.

Angeli Davis personally arranged the tableware and was checking and confirming that the owner had arrived.

Simon followed the Conavs sisters, and behind them were four waitresses, two of whom were holding a little guy.

Speaking good morning, Angry helped the male owner pull the seat open, while accidentally sweeping over the other two women, both of which were radiant, which made her inexplicably envious.

It has been so many years since the female housekeeper could feel that her male owner was interested in her, but a little man seemed to have more restraints on the people around her, which made her angry. She probably understood that she was worried that they would be more frugal, but she was never a woman who was more frugal.

The three adults sat down, and the waitress was about to arrange the two little guys on both sides of the man as usual, but one of them was reaching out to his mother.

After confirming with the male owner, the waitress sent the child to Inas opposite.

In fact, I hope the child can get closer to his father. This is a rare opportunity. However, the little guy, Lai Xiang, and Inas, did not show any impatientness at all. He took the child gently. He was about to put the little guy on his legs, but a little guy was drilling towards her chest. His two fat little hands were still holding him restlessly.

After a little warping with the child, Inas let the little guy do it. When the child was satisfied, he whimpered in her arms, then he looked up and looked at Simon with a slightly red face, with a different kind of teasing smile: "I was originally thinking about breaking the baby, but...hehe, Simon, he really looks like you."

Perhaps the maids who were responsible for taking care of the children did not understand this joke, but Angeli immediately understood it. However, Angeli also knew that Inas's family-like joke was inappropriate for a man.

You won't be angry, but you're sure if you're angry.

The female housekeeper probably understands her mentality, but of course, she will not reveal to any woman around her boss, she has always been very responsible.

Another female servant brought breakfast, and the female housekeeper personally served it and helped the owner share the meal. Sure enough, she heard a little man who seemed irrelevant but obviously very related: "You two, since you don't get along well on weekdays, don't live together, don't affect the children."

Although they are real sisters, since Inas and Melania have had children, the signs of leaving are very obvious, and anyone around them can see them.

Simon said this, and the two sisters on the other side immediately looked at each other, and the smile on the corner of Inas's mouth also disappeared in a blink of an eye.

In fact, it’s nothing to live separately.

In their hearts, they no longer want to be with each other.

However, both sisters knew very well that they would be more attractive to men when they were together. Once they were separated, perhaps who would know if this man would come to visit them as he is now, at least every two months.

Simon did not give the sister two chances to argue, and turned to the butler beside her: "You are responsible for making arrangements."

Angeli nodded slightly.

On the surface, he was impeccable and obedient, but he was more or less gloating in his heart.

Have you been upset...

Tsk!

Based on the female housekeeper's understanding of his boss, after separation and taking into account the child's factors, he certainly would not neglect the two women. However, just like the two sisters instinctively think, they will indeed lose some kind of "advantage" of unity.

Simon didn't bother with the various thoughts of the women around him, so he started working the whole day after breakfast.

Today it mainly deals with the television department affairs of Daenerys East Coast.

In October, the 2000 American TV fall season has basically begun, and the ratings of major platforms, whether it is old dramas or new films, have been confirmed.

First of all, ABC.

This public television network under Daenerys is a small trough this year, with only one main project left, "American Idol".

And it's already season six.

For reality shows, phenomenal works are often peaking around the third season, while season six is ​​usually a turning point. "American Idol" did not escape this rule. After the previous fourth season hit a peak of an average viewership of 38 million viewers, the data in the fifth season of last year shrank slightly, but it also held the threshold of 35 million.

The latest season will be aired on September 13, and the number of viewers in the first episode will still reach 36 million. However, based on the average data of the previous four episodes, the average viewership of "American Idol" this season will be around 32 million.

Perhaps next year, it will turn to the 30 million threshold.

The average ratings of 30 million viewers are of course still phenomenal, meaning that "American Idol" is enough to last ten seasons as it once was, but for the project itself, it is obvious that the peak moment is about to pass.

Furthermore, the reason why this year is a trough is mainly because ABC does not have the phenomenon-level drama that also supports viewership ratings in addition to the reality show "American Idol".

The main feature of ABC's previous TV series was "Sein Fei". Unfortunately, after the male protagonist completed the ninth season two years ago, he was too tired of this project and did not renew his contract. The other two dramas produced by Daenerys, which are also phenomenal, are both season 7 "Friends" and "The Story of the Emergency Room". The broadcast rights are on NBC and CBS respectively. Neither party wants to let go. In addition, ABC has not been able to cultivate other popular dramas that will take over "Sein Fei" for a while.

This has created a trough this year.

Having said that, Simon is not too worried about this.

The reason why ABC is like this is due to Daenerys' overall TV operation strategy. Simply put, in recent years, Daenerys has been more inclined to develop cable TV services. Of course, it will not be ignored for wireless networks, but in the end it is not as popular as before.

At least Simon himself, if he wants, could easily provide ABC with several phenomenal plays.

Simon did not do this. On the one hand, he wanted the ABC team to perform on its own. After all, the boss had to take action on everything, and so many employees were required to do what. On the other hand, Simon did not have enough energy after all.

However, if ABC wants to perform on its own, it depends more on luck to create phenomenal projects.

In the past two years, my luck is obviously not very good.

Simon was not in a hurry and planned to take a look again. If it really doesn't work, he will take action himself.

The main reason is that the development of the cable business has given Daenerys, including Simon, enough confidence.

The key is of course the paid cable network DHO.

In just two years of launch, DHO can almost be said to be an explosive development with its strong content advantages and promotional strength. So far, DHO has already had 16 million subscribers in North America, almost catching up with the 18 million local data of its direct opponent H Bo, who has also been desperately investing in the past two years.

The current advantage of H wave is the huge overseas user base accumulated over the past ten years of broadcasting.

DHO has also begun to plan overseas.

In general, in addition to the high-quality content resources accumulated over the years, the reason why DHO can expand rapidly is closely related to the two phenomenal TV series launched at the same time last year is naturally "The Sopranos" and "House of Cards".

Speaking of which, since the two series "The Soprano" and "House of Cards" were almost overwhelmingly discussed since they were aired last year, which is closely related to the extensive marketing of Daenerys TV, the Internet and newspapers on all platforms. However, the quality of the two series is absolutely impeccable.

Whether it is DHO or H wave, most of the content is still a movie.

However, compared with movies, phenomenal TV series with widespread popularity can obviously attract more audience attention and thus trigger continuous subscription consumption for the public.

The reason why H waves rose rapidly after 2000 was that a large number of movie content was the basis, but several phenomenal TV series such as "The Soprano" and "Sex and the City" that helped this paid cable network become famous and attract attention was invaluable. Later, Netflix, as a streaming giant, actually benefited from the same strategy.

This time, DHO is considered to be a sniper.

Of course, H wave also followed suit. Unfortunately, whether it is a public TV network or a paid cable network, it takes luck to create a phenomenal drama with a very popular topic.

Obviously, this time, H Bo's luck was not very good.

In short, with the phenomenon-level topical effect caused by the two dramas, DHO will catch up with H waves in at least the local market in North America in just two years, perhaps it will be the next year.

The market for pay TV is limited after all. When DHO overtakes the H wave, it is likely that it will quickly rise and fall. The H wave may not completely decline, after all, it is also backed by the huge General Electric Group. However, it is hard to say whether it will become a second-tier like Showtime.

There is also Showtime. When Daenerys wanted to acquire this paid cable network, it was the basis for the development of paid cable platforms. It failed to succeed and decided to start DHO from scratch.

Now, the two strong men compete for the hegemony, according to various common practices, there is no doubt that the third one is unlucky.

The same is true in reality.

In the past two years, the hardest thing to live in the paid cable industry is Viacom's Showtime TV.

In other words, Viacom's situation is not good.

The Viacom Group controlled by Summer Redstone, under the influence of Simon, the big butterfly, took several consecutive moves in this time and space, but ultimately failed to successfully grab a large studio.

Large studios that mainly produce content often play the role of locomotives in media groups.

The lack of a powerful locomotive, and the large capital group under the background of media integration has a natural impact on small and medium-sized capital. The result is that although it has mastered MTV, a high-quality TV asset that media giants are very envious of, Viacom has been deteriorating in recent years.

After all, just like Showtime, Redstone Dong refused to sell it, Daenerys set up DHO himself, and his strength was not at the same level at all. The crushing competition can imagine the impact on Showtime. The simplest one is to broadcast movies. Now, Showtime is impossible to get copyright from Daenerys and the three companies of the alliance MGM and Fox. It is obviously the same with Warner Brothers. This means that most Hollywood has closed the door to Showtime.

Besides, if you can't get MTV, you will naturally not let Viacom occupy the market for music and television stations in vain.

Whether it is Time Warner or Daenerys, they have been betting on related fields in recent years. Naturally, this not only divides the MTV market, but also, whether it is Warner Records or Daenerys Records, as the world's top music giant, its own content resources have naturally closed the door to MTV to a certain extent.

For marketing reasons, major record companies can still provide enough content to MTV. However, it is conceivable that once MTV gradually loses the platform advantages it has accumulated for many years, it will be only a matter of time before the door is completely closed.

This is business competition.

In addition to the rapidly rising DHO, Daenerys's achievements in the field of basic cable TVs have also made other media giants envious.

Among them, there are mainly two major TV stations, ESPN and USA.

After reaching an exclusive broadcast agreement with the NFL with a huge amount of $9 billion four years ago, facing various doubts from inside and outside Daenerys, ESPN has been soaring. As its own account sharing on cable TV platforms continues to rise, subscribers are still increasing at a rate of more than 20% per year. Currently, North America only has 110 million subscribers.

The exclusive broadcast effect is so significant that ESPN has gradually turned its attention to basketball, baseball and other fields.

The so-called ESPN tax has now taken shape again.

Next is USA, a basic cable network dedicated to female audiences. Last year, it completed a film called "Desperate Housewife", which is the main feature. However, this year, "Proud of the Sky Bridge" was released. In addition, the popularity of the Wife Series and "Sex and the City", the TV station's attention is no less than that of several major public TV networks.

In North America, the number of subscribers of USA has also exceeded 100 million, and has exceeded ESPN, reaching as many as 130 million.

At the same time, USA's share share from limited operating platforms has continued to rise. Compared with the initial 15 cents per month, this number has now risen to $1.25, making it one of the few TV stations in the United States with a share share of more than $1 among the many basic cable networks in the United States.

This means that USA earns $160 million in just subscription share every month.

Not only that, basic wired networks, unlike paid wired networks, can also place advertisements, and subscription share and advertising revenue are about 50% or 50% more.

Daenerys' financial report for fiscal year 2000 has basically been completed, including USA TV. Its revenue in the past four quarters reached US$3.79 billion and its annual net profit was US$530 million.

Compared with Daenerys, this data does not seem to be too conspicuous. However, for comparison of similar types, well, except for its own ESPN, there is no other basic cable network that can be compared with USA for the time being. Only public TV networks can be used. It can be regarded as CBS among the four major TV networks. Currently, under Westinghouse Electric, it has gradually emerged from the adjustment period of Westinghouse acquisition. In the latest fiscal year, CBS's annual net profit was only US$590 million.

Although CBS ranks the last among the four major public TV networks at present, USA can reach the same profit level as a public TV network with a long history like CBS, with the strength of a cable network. You can imagine how outstanding this basic cable network is.

USA is only part of Daenerys’ huge TV business territory after all, and the TV business is only part of the entire Daenerys Entertainment’s many business territory.

Daenerys Entertainment has confirmed that it will release its full-year financial report for the past fiscal year on October 19.
Chapter completed!