[opendtv] Re: FCC Eliminates Simulcast Rules
- From: Tom Barry <trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2004 21:27:21 -0400
Generally, removing any unnecessary rules removes friction from the
system, allowing more effective individual choices by those ruled.
What possible use was the simulcast rule?
- Tom
John Shutt wrote:
> As a PBS member station, I can say that many if not most of us are carrying
> the PBS HD service as a pass-through, with only branding and EAS being
> inserted, and also an SD simulcast of our analog service. The elimination
> of simulcast means we can, if we so choose, devote our entire 19.4 to a
> single HD service. If it weren't for the simulcast rules we never would
> have had an HD/SD multicast in the first place.
>
> That may be fine for the AVS Forum types, and the Dr. McDonalds of the world
> who want HD HD HD, but what happens at the end of the transition? We go
> back to an HD/SD multicast? One thing that is a sure thing, we will NOT go
> to 100% locally produced High Def in the next 10 years. The best we will be
> able to muster is upconverted widescreen SD.
>
> I really fail to see the logic that eliminating the simulcast rules somehow
> will speed up the digital transition.
>
> John Shutt
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Schubin" <tvmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 2:11 PM
> Subject: [opendtv] Re: FCC Eliminates Simulcast Rules
>
>
>
>>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
>
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