[opendtv] Re: FCC Eliminates Simulcast Rules
- From: Mark Schubin <tvmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2004 14:11:19 -0400
No. Downconversion for the analog channel was always acceptable. The
change was driven by dual-station-per-market PBS stations who wanted to
use the channels for more different programming.
TTFN,
Mark
John Golitsis wrote:
>Sure, but then it would be impossible to devote the entire bandwidth to HD.
>Force broadcasters to offer lower quality HD in order to maintain simulcast?
>That doesn't make sense. Hence the change.
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
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>>It would have made no difference. The simulcast rule only
>>said that the "main" program stream shown in the analog
>>channel had to be simulcast in a digital channel. It didn't
>>say that main stream had to be HDTV. In theory, other
>>subchannels of the digital channel could have been HD
>>rather than the main channel, or none needed be HDTV.
>>
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