[opendtv] Re: FCC's spectrum plan gives broadcasters food for thought
- From: Albert Manfredi <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2010 19:01:56 -0400
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
> Something tells me you will not be a happy camper
> when you are forced to pay directly for the
> entertainment you consume. And not just pay, but
> pay monopoly rents for this stuff - stuff that in
> many cases will still be stuffed with commercials.
I would also not be a happy camper if the same type of special interests and
complacent users forced every roadway to become a toll road, Craig. You will
note that the WWW did not evolve into this walled garden nirvana that you are
promoting for entertainment and information.
The idea that the federal government can take my tax dollars to bribe FOTA
broadcasters into oblivion is truly repulsive. Especially the way they are
doing it, involving only those who they are trying to buy off, so they can hand
this public property off to even more walled off special interests. The public
should be informed.
> There is only one way to undermine this... the
> people must stop watching, and that ain;t gonna
> happen.
I don't know ... the same could have been said about smoking.
I also don't pay money for those coupon books that give me special deals, if I
only go to this one gas station. I find that ludicrous. I have no problem
rejecting these offers, and yes, I find it unacceptable to have the government
force me into such deals. As long as viable alternatives exist, the government
should step aside.
>> what can any MVPD possibly have to worry about?
>
> People dropping their service
Illogical, Craig. UNLESS the special interests you listen to are lying when
they claim that FOTA households are dropping.
You can't have it both ways. If it's true that 90 percent of US households are
addicted, and the number is increasing, I'd say the price of the drug should go
higher. As long as FOTA exists, and that choice has increased OTA with the
digital conversion, people have an out. If they aren't taking that out (and I'm
not convinced, by the way), then the price of the walled garden access can go
higher.
You do have an out, in Gainesville. Take it. My brother-in-law, who recently
moved to Florida and lives between Orlando and Daytona Beach, has *no* viable
OTA options. He's 40 miles from the one Ocala station, and 60+ miles from
Daytona Beach. And nothing at all any closer. Amazing.
Bert
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