In my estimation, they started off with a model that supports the European model; distributed low-power transmitters all fed from a central location with no local advertising (little advertising at all, in the legacy sense) and little (5 minutes regional news in a national newscast) local content. Preconceptions are powerful. John Willkie -----Original Message----- >From: John Shutt <shuttj@xxxxxxxxx> >Sent: Mar 23, 2006 5:30 PM >To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [opendtv] Re: Truthiness 2 > >Al, > >In your estimation, what did the DVB do differently from the ATSC? > >John > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Allen Le Roy Limberg" <allimberg@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> Since the demise of RCA, there has been no company involved in all aspects >> of the TV business. The broadcasters have expected CE manufacturers to do >> all their R & D work with no up-front payoff. They should have funded a >> private R & D lab, like Bell Labs to do their system work and obtain >> patents >> assigned to a corporation set up to license CE manufacturers. > > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >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. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.