Cliff Benham wrote: >I think Bob meant that UHF OTA stations weren't as successful=20 >until they got cable carriage... > > > Thats what I think I meant too. I wasn't in the business then. Wasn't paying that much attention. What I learned here was that a lot of UHF stations would have never been built at all if it wasn't for cable must carry. That the mandate for UHF receivers in TV sets for UHF was just as bogus as the ATSC receiver mandate. UHF mandate was not successful and the ATSC mandate would not have been successful in any meaningful way. That is without receivers that work the mandate only pretends to make a transition. The mandate is irrelevant now because you will have receivers that work and that people want. The driver next year will be USDTV or similar ventures not the mandate. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.