[KaiserPro]

>There are no profitable 30minute episodic

By episodic TV I mean drama, comedy, traditional TV format. Stuff that people are prepared to pay for (see netflix et al.)

Broadcasting sports is super cheap, and has little value for anything other than tier 1 events. (the expense is the rights management, something that games broadcasting has yet to really encounter.) Also note that like I said, its a niche thing, which limits its profitability. Niches always exist.

Also note the profitable. Channel4 in the UK used to deliver its catchup TV via youtube. Despite the heavy promoting it failed to get more than a few hundred thousand views across the entire library.