[opendtv] Re: How About Portable ATSC Receivers?
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 08:30:59 -0400
At 11:20 AM -0400 4/4/05, Manfredi, Albert E wrote:
>
>Why don't they?
MONEY.
>
>Just in terms of basic greed, which usually works in
>the world of business, wouldn't they be able to
>negotiate more ucrative deals with the pay services?
NO.
They would LOSE the lucrative deals that they have today, which
forced the cable companies to collect subscriber fees for advertiser
supported networks.
>You don't need to separate content from OTA carriage
>to achieve this.
If you offer content for free (OTA) that cable and DBS subscribers
are paying for, then you may have a difficult time getting these
distributors to keep paying. And you risk losing a big part of your
audience, if the cable and DBS companies drop those channels, forcing
people to choose between an antenna or a multi-channel service.
Regards
Craig
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