[opendtv] Re: Congress
- From: "John Willkie" <JohnWillkie@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 16:28:48 -0800
I spotted an error in your posting, Nat.
In 1978, Ted Turner proposed to the FCC to eliminate must carry as being
unconstitutional. In 1990, with no FCC action, he was able to get the Court
of Appeals to throw out must-carry (old must carry.)
If the Sinclair petition lay at the FCC with no action for longer than any
other petition, it would have had to been pending for 12 years. I suspect
that the Turner petition is not the recordholder, although it was cited to
be the record holder for broadcast items by the time Turner appealed the
inaction.
John Willkie
----- Original Message -----
From: "nat ostroff" <nostroff@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 2:40 PM
Subject: [opendtv] Re: Congress
> Yes, you have a good memory. Mark and I were able to show how well COFDM
> worked that day in the Halls of Congress. The 8VSB guys could not match
the
> performance and had to tape their antenna to a window and not move it to
get
> a stable picture. Not only did that demo force the CEA to admit they had
a
> problem BUT Gary Shapiro made a promise to the Committee, on the record
and
> after being asked by Chairman Tauzin, that the problem would be solved in
6
> months.
>
> There is more to the story too. After that demo Sinclair asked for a rule
> making that would allow both COFDM and 8VSB to be transmitted in the USA.
> That request lay without action at the FCC longer than any previous such
> request for rule making in the history of the FCC. I guess they were
hoping
> for some progress from the CEA guys. When that miracle chip did not come
the
> NAB launched its own effort to sink COFDM by holding a meeting in DC and
> inviting most of the Broadcast Industry. At that meeting they had several
> members of Congress speak in order to scare the hell out of the industry.
> Within a week of that meeting in DC the results of the bogus comparison
test
> were published. I say bogus because Mark Aitken and Harvey Arnold went
back
> to sites were COFDM failed. They proved beyond a doubt that the reason for
> the failures were simply FRONT END OVERLOAD of the COFDM receiver. Even
> after the receiver manufacturer wrote to the NAB and stated that their
> reciever was never intended to be used with an antenna as it had NO FRONT
> END FILTER the NAB Board voted to ignore the information and endorse 8VSB.
> This action sank COFDM in the USA for TV broadcasting.
>
> One has to ask if the NAB was deceived or worse by the CEA and the telecom
> folks to make sure that Broadcasters never got a piece of any mobile or
> portable business. I personally have a hard time chalking their actions to
> simple stupidly. Arrogance may explain some of it but not their concerted
> action to sink COFDM
>
>
> Nat Ostroff
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Shutt" <shuttj@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 3:20 PM
> Subject: [opendtv] Re: Congress
>
>
> > Bob,
> >
> > Mark Aitken demonstrated COFDM reception inside of the Commerce
Committee
> > hearing room, walking from the back of the room to the witness table
> > carrying a bowtie antenna, and even that wasn't enough to dissuade
> congress
> > and the Hon. Billy Tauzin from not believing the CEA when they said
their
> > receivers would equal or better the COFDM unit Sinclair demonstrated
> within
> > a year or two.
> >
> > SSDD.
> >
> > John
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Bob Miller" <bob@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >
> > >I have had conversations with Neil Fried over the last few years and
> > > specifically over the last day or so. Here is email between us today.
> > > They will read your emails and take your calls. At least Neil says
that
> > > below and he has taken every call I have ever made to him.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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