[opendtv] Re: DTT tuner design

  • From: Don Moore <donmoore@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2007 12:34:18 -0400

Tom Barry wrote:

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.

A lot of broadcasters are already feeding cable (and satellite) direct, 
by-passing the transmitters.

Have you ever thought about "What If Cable Decides NOT to pay?" Right now as content providers look for the best deal for distribution, the broadcasters are getting locked out more often now. Off-Network Syndication is going to cable for first run, while the broadcasters are left with the scraps or second runs.

There's no Must Carry for digital once the analog stream is shut down. 2/17/09 might be cable's chance to run without the local broadcaster - they might even turn the tables on the broadcasters by demanding carriage fees or revenue splits.

Throw in the IPTV solution and you have a real fight for who stays in the 
delivery business.


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