[opendtv] Re: OTA
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2012 11:45:09 -0500
At 8:09 PM -0600 3/8/12, Manfredi, Albert E wrote:
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
If you think that broadcast TV is going to experience a
renaissance with the existing ATSC standard, you are living
in another world. But there is hope that they will get the
next standard right.
It must really bug you how Antennas Direct can't get enough OTA
antennas out there, eh?
If there really was a huge market for these antennas they would
invest in their supply chain. The numbers we are talking about are in
the single digit percentage of U.S. homes.
Would you build a new antenna factory, knowing that the current
standard is going to be replaced with a technology that will not need
outdoor antennas?
I think that OTA TV *has* experienced a bit of a renaissance, mainly
because it works so well in combination with Internet TV. It fills
in the live TV function, that Internet TV does not yet do much of
(in the US), which is why there's this cord cutting phenomenon going
on.
Clearly the standard can work quite well for those who choose not to
subscribe to a multi-channel service. Given the current economy, I
would expect to see more people using antennas. And as more content
(not available via broadcast DTV - becomes available via the Internet
we may see more people cut the cord.
Then again, somebody may just figure out how to get the congloms to
play ball and offer a viable alternative to broadcast and MVPD
distribution.
And as an aside, I probably do most of my ATSC TV watching these
days on subchannels. Why? Because I'm finding myself using the
Internet for most "prime time" material, on demand, and I'm finding
myself using movie stations, or 24 hour news and weather, from the
DTV subchannels. All of which were not available before, with analog
TV.
A wonderful case of rationalization by someone who has long
questioned why anyone would look at "all that stuff" on cable...
;-)
Regards
Craig
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