[opendtv] Re: 20051029 Schubin's Saturday Stuff (Mark's Monday Memo
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 07:48:08 -0400
At 12:20 PM -0500 10/31/05, John Shutt wrote:
>Bert,
>
>You have some nerve writing this. Dingell and other didn't push for COFDM
>because it was people like YOU screaming back in 1999 that the fix to ATSC
>was easy, and was mere months away.
>
>Sheesh.
Not nerve John, just ignorance.
Politicians, especially those of the ilk of Dingell don't have a clue
about technical issues, nor do they care. What they care about are
the checks they get from lobbyists, and the warnings they hear that
come with the checks.
The companies behind ATSC did an excellent job of lobbying for their
standard, and they understood the desire of the politicians to
eventually recover some spectrum so they can use the auction proceeds
to help balance the budget. The warning in the 1997 -2000 period were
simple: "Any change will derail the transition and delay it by
years." Never mind that a switch, along with some real leadership
from Congress and the FCC could have accelerated the transition by a
decade or more, it was easier to take the money and use the delay
argument against COFDM.
In reality there is ONE GROUP that wants to preserve the NTSC
franchise even more than the broadcasters...
The politicians. It has been the most powerful tool they have ever
had to influence the public and stay in power. Real competition in
the television distribution markets will dilute the power politicians
have to influence the mass media.
Regards
Craig
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