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On 2024-05-03 20:55:59 +0000, Adam H. Kerman said:

> Everything about this deal tells you why perpetual copyright serves the
> interest of copyright holders only, the public be damned. The big
> studios shut down short subject animation seven and a half decades ago,
> yet it's all still under copyright.
> 
> There is a statement that these short subject animation libraries are
> all owned by Warner Brothers Discovery, with the exception of what
> Disney owns.
> 
> Weigel Broadcasting will set up a cartoon network, METV Toons, effective
> June 25. Will they maintain the original aspect ratio? Will the image be
> shrunk down even if they do?
> 
> Will they censor?
> 
> Bob Bergen, a voice actor who has provided voices in modern versions of
> WB cartoons, will host. The article doesn't say what the broadcast
> subchannel will be or what programming it replaces.
> 
> https://chicago.suntimes.com/movies-and-tv/2024/05/02/metv-toons-cartoon-channel-weigel-warner-bros-discovery-chicago 
> 

I just learned MeTV operates 6 "sister networks" for comedy, drama, 
action, documentary, etc, along with "MeTV+," which is intended to 
"extend the brand and expand the audience" of MeTV but looks like it's 
just the same old shows as on MeTV but in a different time period.

This cartoon channel will probably be the 7th MeTV sister network that 
nobody's ever heard of and lost in the streaming morass in a few years.