[opendtv] Re: TSC Looks to Future With Mobile DTV

At 10:34 AM -0600 11/4/09, Manfredi, Albert E wrote:
The new twist described in this piece is work on enabling ALL of the 6 MHz channel to be used for ATSC M/H. Well, that would sure kill off any thought of OTA HDTV.
This looks like a tactic for broadcasters to hold onto their OTA spectrum, showing that they too can reinvent themselves to fit into the trendy new mobile hand-held market, even 100 percent. Seems like one heck of a challenge to MediaFLO, potentially.
(Oh, except there's no monthly fee. People won't like that. Must add the monthly fee to be taken seriously.)
This sounds more like the ATSC trying to position themselves to be in the battle to be picked for the next standard, IF the broadcasters are required to go though another transition to free up more spectrum.
I doubt the ATSC can control the next process as they did the last. It will be far to easy to demonstrate that they DID NOT take the input of all affected users into account when creating the ATSC standard, and the K-street Lawyers that controlled the last process don't have the clout they did a decade or two ago.
But the biggest problem for the ATSC is that any attempt to push a standard that only uses the new MHP standard makes all those mandated ATSC receivers that have been deployed, useless boat anchors. 

Me thinks they have painted themselves into a corner...

Regards
Craig


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