Bert wrote: > Another possibility is of course the pay TV distributors, > now with telcos joining their ranks. They too would > oppose a good DTT system. Force everyone to use pay TV. This has been my thinking for a number of years, as you might recall. Add to that the CEA, whose membership generally make significantly more and easier money from subscription services sales, and you have identified the major road blocks. Certainly there are other contrived impediments to a successful FOTA DTV service but those mentioned above are the most organized. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.