[opendtv] Re: (No Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 10:30:37 -0400

  • From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "OpenDTV (E-mail)" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 15:04:32 -0400

Craig Birkmaier wrote:

> I just cannot understand why you cannot see [ ... ]

When the other side sounds unbelievably obtuse, often
it's because the two sides aren't communicating.

Recently, for instance, I discovered that your
pessimism with respect to DTT was based on its chances
of success *before* analog shutdown. Where I was
ignoring the transition period almost entirely.

Of course we weren't going to come to an agreement.
I never expected DTT to be a huge success as long
as people could get by with "no change." And
especially so until good and low cost receivers came
on the market. Nowhere on earth has a DTT migration
succeeded without resorting to analog shutdown.
Certainly nowhere has 85 percent migration of OTA
users to DTT been reached voluntarily.

Today, you wonder why I don't understand what the
NAB is trying to delay analog shutdown as much as
possible.

Of course I understand *that*. I also understand that
the NAB is a lobbyist for the local OTA broadcasters,
and must answer to that membership. The NAB does not
answer to the American public, nor does it even
represent the interests of the major broadcast
networks.

Congress, and the FCC, are the ones who are supposed
to look out for the greater good. They're supposed to
balance out all the interests of organizations,
businesses, and citizens. Not the NAB. So I'm just
waiting and seeing what Congress and the FCC do. The
FCC has tried to steer the discussion in the correct
direction, IMO, with their sensible interpretation of
the Balance Budget Act of 1996.

I also think that if the transition is pushed through,
local OTA broadcasters will ultimately benefit. But
the water *is* cold when you first jump in.

Bert
 
 
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