On 7/4/07, Tom Barry <trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Worse, even if broadcasters offered lots of good HD content most any cable broadband customer can get the same stations with any QAM cable ready HDTV or PC card for an incremental fee of maybe -$5 to $5. If you don't need the cable HD box then the network stations are usually offered in unencrypted QAM on the lifeline cable package and bundled with broadband for practically nothing (or less). And if you like the cable PVR deal then HD is usually bundled that way too. And I'm not sure whether broadcasters prefer their viewers use antennas vs the above. In many ways it is simpler and more profitable to just let cable support them, especially if you can get paid for it. Of course in the long run this is likely to devalue the OTA franchise politically and cause some more encroachments on the spectrum, relative interference worries, exclusive local rights, net affiliate contract renegotiations, etc. - Tom
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