[opendtv] Re: News: Spain overhauls TV market


Bob Miller wrote:
You can't
 > fault the public for something they have not been sold. No one is
 > selling or offering anything compelling enough to attract viewers from
 > cable and satellite. The right modulation would have. A decent 8-VSB
 > receiver would have.

If it were truly plug & play with low startup costs I think there would 
be a decent market for a lower end sub $1/channel service with some 
optional premium channels.  USDTV's problems don't stem from calling 
that one wrong.

- Tom


> Craig Birkmaier wrote:
> 
> 
>>At 1:03 PM -0400 8/1/05, Manfredi, Albert E wrote:
>> 
>>
>>
>>>The fact that in certain European countries, OTA use
>>>is higher than here is only a difference in degree, I
>>>would think.
>>>   
>>>
>>
>>You would be incorrect. Most Europeans have not developed the same 
>>"TV habit" as 85% of the folks here in the good old USA.
>>
>>They get most of the big name shows we see here. but they do are not 
>>accustomed to the depth of choice that viewers here in the U.S> now 
>>take for granted. Thus 20-30 channels in Erope is a big deal for most 
>>viewers, while here in the U.S it is insufficient...
>>
>>Just ask USDTV.
>>
>> 
>>
>>
>>>It makes OTA access *more* desirable.
>>>That's not the same as saying that in the US OTA
>>>access is *undesirable*.
>>>   
>>>
>>
>>But OTA in the U.S. has become undesirable. That's why the audience 
>>has shrink to 15% and is declining.
>>
>> 
>>
>>
>>>>And of course there is the problem of expensive
>>>>poor performing receivers in the US.
>>>>     
>>>>
>>>
>>>Ocrap.
>>>   
>>>
>>
>> For once I agree with you Bert.
>>
>>Nobody gives a damn about OTA receiver performance since they don't 
>>use NTSC now and have no plans to use the ATSC system in the future.
>>
>>Regards
>>Craig
>>
> 
> Again that is not the point. Yes the public has a poor choice in OTA. 
> They can stay with what they have, cable, satellite or OTA NTSC or they 
> can switch to ATSC OTA. Not much of a choice and no one is selling them 
> on the OTA ATSC so the status quo remains the status quo.
> 
> IF we had now or had for the last five years a decent OTA digital 
> receiver I believe that many better than USDTV type ventures would have 
> started and been successful. So successful that broadcasters, retailers 
> and the public by now would be very active in the OTA space. You can't 
> fault the public for something they have not been sold. No one is 
> selling or offering anything compelling enough to attract viewers from 
> cable and satellite. The right modulation would have. A decent 8-VSB 
> receiver would have.
> 
> Bob Miller
>  
>  
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