“The Metropolitan Opera says its simulcasting of operas into theaters, which has sent ripples through the opera world, was so successful over the last five months that it will expand the program next season. [The company] hopes to double the number of theaters for each broadcast; increase the number of simulcast productions to eight; expand its foreign coverage… and offer pay-per-view showings for a month after the live event.” The first season of simulcasting was so successful that the Met even expects it to turn a profit in future years.