ABC boss: Broadcast networks still matter in the streaming age

Variety

"We know the stakes are high because broadcast really matters,” ABC Entertainment president Karey Burke said at the TV press tour, adding that major networks can “move culture at a scale no other platform can.” Burke said ABC attracts 150 million monthly viewers across all of its platforms. “And that is why brands still pay us a big premium to advertise on our air, and why competing streamers want to advertise on our air – we just won’t let them," she said.