[opendtv] Re: Incentives for buying integrated DTVs

At 3:33 PM -0400 9/26/07, Cliff Benham wrote:
Further, the cable and satellite companies do not want the general public to know about free over the air digital broadcasting because it cuts into their income. Some cable companies have even threatened broadcasters with pulling their ads from the station if they promote their free OTA channel number in their broadcasts.
Do any stations anywhere promote their digital TV channels? Not in the Philly area. Most people have no idea what's coming in 2009.
Why would broadcasters want to piss off the multichannel distributors, now that they can get $0.50 to $1.00 per month per subscriber without lifiting a finger?
The alternative is to change the business model entirely so that they can compete and collect these fees themselves.
Way too much trouble for a bunch of grey beards who are riding the OTA TV franchise into the sunset. 

Regards
Craig


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