[opendtv] Re: Fewer than 2 Million have OTA DTV in US
- From: "John Willkie" <johnwillkie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2006 20:02:08 -0800
You aren't if Bob Miller is doing the counting.
This has been a point of Mark Schubin's for about 7 years, and there is no
clear answer that I've heard, but at least people are thinking about it now.
John Willkie
> -----Original Message-----
> From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of BARRY S BROWN
> Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2006 7:47 PM
> To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [opendtv] Re: Fewer than 2 Million have OTA DTV in US
>
> I hope that those of us who are relying on OTA DT for
> supplementing satellite service are being counted in
> these figures.
> --- Bob Miller <robmxa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Less Than 2 Million OTA Digital Users
> >
> >
> http://broadcastengineering.com/RF/hd-ota-viewers-1221/
> >
> > That means less than 1.8% of the 110 million US
> > households are
> > receiving OTA DTV after NINE years.
> >
> > Wildly optimistic IMO.
> >
> > A high percentage of those CAN receive OTA DTV but
> > RELY on cable or
> > satellite. That is they have earlier attached an
> > antenna but don't use
> > it or seldom use it now.
> >
> > How many RELY on OTA DTV? Maybe .5% IMO. Real
> > die-hards. OTA DTV is
> > becoming a backup system for a select few who even
> > know it exist. Just
> > in case another Katrina kills cable and satellite.
> > In the meantime the
> > UK is at 75% of DTV penetration and they actually
> > know they have OTA
> > receivers in the UK because they freely purchased
> > them to receive OTA.
> >
> > As former Chairman Powell said "What are we
> > protecting?"
> >
> > Bob Miller
> >
> >
> >
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