[opendtv] Re: OTA
- From: Bob Miller <robmxa@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2012 03:07:08 -0500
The younger generation in NYC are living without cable even though they can
not get OTA. They are learning to live with the Internet alone and their
cell phones. Diller may win this one IMO. Bad article below but good
comments.
http://blog.streamingmedia.com/the_business_of_online_vi/2012/02/barry-dillers-ott-service-aereo-is-dead-on-arrival.html
Bob Miller
On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 11:30 PM, Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> At 11:44 PM -0500 3/2/12, Bob Miller wrote:
>
>> Yes but with merit?
>>
>>
>> Cable companies set up remote antennas and sold access in their beginning.
>>
>>
> Yup. It took broadcasters awhile to get that horse back in the barn, but
> they did so with flair!
>
> The 1992 Cable Act gave the congloms the tools needed to "stop this signal
> theft" AND to build a new empire on the backs of the MVPDs.
>
> Not to worry though. Why would anyone in NYC pay $12/mo to access OTA
> broadcasts that they already get (and pay retrans fees for) via their cable
> and DBS subscriptions?
>
> MVPD subs in NYC are hovering around 7 million out of 7.5 million TV
> homes...
>
> REgards
> Craig
>
>
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