[opendtv] Re: 20051129 Twang's Tuesday Tribune (Mark's Monday Memo)
- From: John Willkie <johnwillkie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 07:46:19 +0000 (GMT+00:00)
Mark, in his most recent Tuesday Tribute, reported in part:
"- The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is reminding DTT broadcaster=
s that, if they're using their channel for anything other than free-to-view=
TV programming, they need to file with the commission by December 1:
"
Having read the public notice, with all due respect, I have to question why=
Mark characterized supplemental and ancillary services as "anything other =
than free-to-view TV programming" Digital radio is not listed as an ancill=
ary or supplemental service under 47 C.F.R. =C2=A7 73.624(g), nor under 47 =
C.F.R. =C2=A7 73.624(b) or 47 C.F.R. =C2=A7 73.624(g)()(i) through (ii).
Were it me, I would have said "other than free-to-view programming",. but I=
might have missed a definition somewhere that includes "digital radio" and=
"data broadcasting" PER SE as supplemental and ancillary. I take that bac=
k -- ancillary never means broadcast, and broadcast means in the clear and =
never includes Pay TV.
John Willkie
P.S. It appears that the FCC will now -- belatedly -- destroy the "gatekee=
per" business model of cable tv by permitting ala carte pricing. Makes one=
wonder what this portends for DTV must carry. The Martin commission is no=
t a clone of the Powell commission.
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