[opendtv] Re: FCC Eliminates Simulcast Rules
- From: "John Shutt" <shuttj@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 11:20:37 -0400
Tom,
The idea of the simulcast rule was to ensure that people could comfortably
switch to digital television without losing their current programming.
Without a simulcast rule, the DTV channel can be treated as a second channel
with separate unique programming from the NTSC, and will make it harder
politically to ever turn of NTSC.
DTV can hardly be called a replacement for NTSC if it is not required to
duplicate what is on NTSC. The period we are in can hardly be called a
transition if you can't get the same thing in both places (analog and
digital.) If the content is not identical, it is dual broadcasting, not a
transition. DTV has now become a premium service, not a replacement
service.
John Shutt
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Barry" <trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> What possible use was the simulcast rule?
>
> - Tom
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