[opendtv] Re: Broadcasters Nix Low-Power DTS Proposal
- From: Bob Miller <robmxa@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 22:03:43 -0500
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Bob Miller
On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 8:21 PM, Tom Barry <trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Albert Manfredi wrote:
>> ...
>>
>> With this part I can certainly agree. Unfortunately, for a combination of
>> reasons, it wasn't until AFTER the transition ended that broadcasters seem
>> to have taken an interest in thinking about how best to use their multicast
>> capacity. The blame went to chicken/egg all those transition years, and I
>> think they were several other reasons. Somehow, some of the Europeans
>> countries found a way to make it work.
>>
>>
>>> And one must seriously question the wisdom of
>>> both broadcasters and their regulators, to make
>>> major investments to SUSTAIN a business that is
>>> now irrelevant to the vast majority of U.S.
>>>
>>
>> Or so you continue to hope. Broadcasters have had their environment changed,
>> both by the congloms selling off their own OTA assets, and by the transition
>> ending. So 6 months after the transition ended is not the time to be
>> grabbing at the spectrum. Not if broadcasters are finally getting their act
>> together, which it seems like they are.
>>
>> And for a federal agency to do this is in very poor taste.
>>
>> Bert
>>
>>
> It will likely take some time yet for anybody to successfully 'grab at
> the spectrum'. During this time broadcasters will have one last chance
> to show they can attract viewers back to OTA and thus really have a
> reason for existing. I strongly suspect they will not even make the
> attempt.
>
> - Tom
>
>
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