[opendtv] Re: FCC rules for cable after the OTA TV digital transition
- From: "Albert Manfredi" <bert22306@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 20:58:42 -0400
John Shutt wrote:
And the FCC subesquently amended that rule (no doubt due solely
in response to my OpenDTV posting)
No doubt! Where would their rulings be without OpenDTV nit-pickers and
trouble-makers?
to specifically mandate at least one channel be broadcast in the
clear after simulcasting ended. Then they subesquently recinded
the simulcasting rule altogether
Well, it's back now. That, or local D/A conversion if required.
Cable systems and their lawyers are certainly free to test the FCC's limits
of patience, but the FCC has already set the precedent on that score. They
have shown no hesitation to slap hefty fines on those who try to get too
clever. (I'm thinking of the two companies that continued to deliver
NTSC-only sets to their retailers after 1 March 2007.)
Bert
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