[opendtv] Re: Fw: Re: Post on alt.tv.tech.hdtv of interest today
- From: "John Willkie" <JohnWillkie@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 09:56:55 -0700
coupled with a DVR with adequate capacity, there would be no need for any
"best of channel", provided there is full advance notice of what is on
cable.
John Willkie
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Shutt" <shuttj@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 9:10 AM
Subject: [opendtv] Re: Fw: Re: Post on alt.tv.tech.hdtv of interest today
> Several successful cable channels (Discovery, TLC, History to name 3) have
a
> 2 hour prime time block that is repeated. This is partly due to only
having
> two feeds for 4 time zones, but I could easily see a "composite" Discovery
> Networks based OTA channel offering the best cable shows from several
cable
> channels in a single 24 hour period. Coupled with a PVR, there would be
no
> need for 4 channels to have 4 channel's worth of content.
>
> John
>
> P.S. If we had a viable OTA DTV that was truly plug and play, then DBS
would
> not have to provide local into local service, and would free up vast
amounts
> of satellite spectrum for either even more channels or at least increasing
> the bitrate of what they already offer. (I hate macroblock TV.)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Craig Birkmaier" <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> > Two things:
> >
> > 1. You are not limited in the amount of content that can be
> > delivered. You are only limited in the number of channels that can be
> > delivered in real time. The multiplier effect of downloading to cache
> > is the great equalizer. You may be able to fill up 40 channels with
> > decent content during prime time, but not 24/7.
> >
> > 2, Your not going to take back 100% market share. At best ,
> > broadcasters may be able to get 30-40% of homes; to be economically
> > viable as a multi-channel competitor, 30% would be fantastic.
> >
> > There will be all kinds of reasons why people will continue to
> > subscribe to cable and DBS. Based on current cable/DBS stats, less
> > than 1/3 of the audience subscribes to premium services. That means
> > that 2/3s could find a broadcast multi-channel alternative
> > interesting. If digital broadcasters get half of those homes, they
> > have > 30% market share.
> >
> > Regards
> > Craig
>
>
>
>
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