Most production studios are owned by the networks. Media is a very incestuous business where a group of 7-10 companies own nearly the entire industry. They get away with it because nobody usually owns more than 10-20% of any single company in the next level of the chain. So a production company may be owned by 6 different networks, all of whom bid on which shows they want to pick up for distribution. But in the end, all the money flows to the same people, and the relationships between producers and distributors are where the value in the industry is.
Whoever runs the money today (the networks) will continue to do so in the future, because they own the entire supply chain. The people who make a living funding TV shows today will continue to do so regardless of the distribution channel. It's all a shell game :)
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Most production studios are owned by the networks. Media is a very incestuous business where a group of 7-10 companies own nearly the entire industry. They get away with it because nobody usually owns more than 10-20% of any single company in the next level of the chain. So a production company may be owned by 6 different networks, all of whom bid on which shows they want to pick up for distribution. But in the end, all the money flows to the same people, and the relationships between producers and distributors are where the value in the industry is.
Whoever runs the money today (the networks) will continue to do so in the future, because they own the entire supply chain. The people who make a living funding TV shows today will continue to do so regardless of the distribution channel. It's all a shell game :)