[opendtv] Re: Congress

You may be right. I know it was a hell of a long time and took a lot of
effort to finally get action. Unfortunately it was of the wrong kind. At
that time we were told it was a record setter. Maybe in a monor
catagory......

Nat Ostroff
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Willkie" <JohnWillkie@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 7:28 PM
Subject: [opendtv] Re: Congress


> 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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