In their place has come live sports programming and more cost-conscious and less-youth-skewing fare.

We got started a year and a half ago, Miller said.

With the right programming shifts, they can charge a lot more, Miller said.

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Still, doing so takes time because of the multi-year nature of carriage deals.

But were fully engaged in that.

We were on a small channel and now were on WGN, he said.

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Thats going to have a material effect on ratings.