[opendtv] Re: Must carry fiasco
- From: "John Willkie" <JohnWillkie@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 23:13:57 -0800
Without going into detail, I can say that it is unlikely that I will ever
again be a principal in a title III licensee. There ain't any money in
LPTV.
I have given some thought to applying for a developmental license in a small
town in Mexico, as part of a technology "incubator" that I play with
starting from time to time.
John Willkie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Barry" <trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 9:45 PM
Subject: [opendtv] Re: Must carry fiasco
>
> Gee, it really seems like you and Bob should get together and get him a
> digital LPTV license. Just to show it can be done.
>
> - Tom
>
>
> John Willkie wrote:
>
> > Geez, Bob. I tend to not believe you.
> >
> > Let me see, I'll try an easy one. Who -- I want names -- at the FCC
told
> > you that a grant with no respect to modulation was a mistake? Did you
know
> > that the FCC can only correct a grant within 30 days of release, unless
the
> > grantee permits the correction?
> >
> > Who -- I need a name again -- at the FCC told you that you could not
> > transmit using COFDM on an LPTV? Did, they actually refer you to a rule
> > section? Have you actually read the rules, and -- more importantly --
the
> > FCC Record decisions on licensing and modulation matters?
> >
> > And, just what's wrong with using an STA? They're good for more than 6
> > months these days? (Experimental or Experimental-developmental
> > authorizations prohibit one from airing commercial programming, but
that's
> > not an issue with STAs.)
> >
> > I suspect that what happened is more in the world of social engineering;
> > somebody at the FCC -- perhaps a few somebodies -- didn't like you and
> > realized they could fool you.
> >
> > It's been more than a few decades since anybody there tried that with
me;
> > but then I don't ask them in person to interpret the rules; I always
knew
> > the rules in advance, and only asked them abou t the unwritten "practice
and
> > procedure." When they said that something couldn't be done, I usually
could
> > come up with instances where it had been precisely been done the way
they
> > said was proscribed. Not everybody liked me, but they quickly learned
that
> > the wool would seldom stick to my eyes.
> >
> > John Willkie
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Bob Miller" <bob@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 7:52 PM
> > Subject: [opendtv] Re: Must carry fiasco
> >
> >
> >
> >>John Willkie wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>You obviously weren' paying attention.
> >>>
> >>>LPTV STATIONS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BROADCAST USING 8-VSB EXPLICITLY SINCE
> >
> > MID
> >
> >>>1994.
> >>>
> >>>LPTV STATIONS CAN BROADCAST USING COFDM TODAY BY FILING A SIMPLE NOTICE
> >
> > WITH
> >
> >>>THE FCC.
> >>>
> >>>"Media Professionals" at one time offered an "inland marine" insurance
> >
> > line
> >
> >>>for broadcast liability protection. I'm not sure if the NAB still
offers
> >>>the package, but NAB associate members at one time could get coverage
> >
> > based
> >
> >>>on their highest spot rate.
> >>>
> >>>John Willkie
> >>>
> >>
> >>You say it but all the facts that I know say otherwise. One of my
> >>friends got a digital license on his LPTV station two years ago with no
> >>mention of modulation. When I took a copy to the FCC they told me it was
> >>just a big mistake.
> >>
> >>We have had three meetings with the FCC on this subject alone. No way
> >>could you go digital on LPTV or COFDM except as an experimental or STA
> >>and even that would have been iffy after 1999. The rules for going
> >>digital on LPTV have been passed, they have been recorded in the record.
> >>But there is no mechanism at the moment for an LPTV station to actually
> >>apply for such a license. The FCC needs some software written or
> >>possibly it has been written but they need to pay $20,000 for it and
> >>they do not have the money. Any month now we can apply for digital for
> >>LPTV. Any donations please?
> >>
> >>Could you give a pointer as to where you get such information? I have
> >>been dealing with Keith Larson, Hashemzadeh Hossein and Bruce A. Franca
> >>for the last six years. Seriously if you have any information on how
> >>COFDM could be used on LPTV I would love to hear about it.
> >>
> >>Bob Miller
> >>
> >>
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