[opendtv] Re: New Thread: What becomes of Legacy Analog Equipment

Actually, PSIP is totally new.  All sorts of issues come up, but newspaper
listings are getting smaller and smaller, and PSIP is required to make a go
at data broadcasting.  It's absurd to drive viewers to other sources of
information, indeed, along the way, they may decide to do other things,
regardless of whether the PC is near the TV or in another room.

Just last week, I saw a promo for a news show on KNSD-TV, the NBC-operated
but not fully owned station in San Diego.  In the promo, the announced that
one could record it if you were watching something else.  Would have taken
less time to say "Tivo."  

I suspect that other NBC-operated tv stations will be using this formulation
in the future, if they aren't doing so already. 

Indeed, it gave me an idea.

John Willkie

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Enviado el: Sunday, November 25, 2007 1:48 PM
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Asunto: [opendtv] Re: New Thread: What becomes of Legacy Analog Equipment

At 2:58 AM -0500 11/25/07, Albert Manfredi wrote:

>And then, of course, I always come back to the fact that PSIP 
>*ought* to be the tool for the program guide job. That's what it's 
>for. But it's just possible, or even likely, that other schemes will 
>take over what PSIP can't manage to do right.

Just ask Google. They have all kinds of ideas about searching for and 
sponsoring content.

Why broadcasters are so lax about supporting PSIP and program guides 
in general is hard to fathom. One could come to the conclusion that 
they don't want people time shifting, or even planning what they want 
to watch.

Regards
Craig
 


 
 
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