Additional spectrum was for DTV, not (H)DTV. I seem to see that broadcasters are using the spectrum loaned to them for the assigned purpose -- current, past and future tense. John Willkie -----Original Message----- From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Tom Barry Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 6:08 PM To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [opendtv] Re: Twang's Tuesday Tribune (Mark's Monday Memo) 2004 April20 If it was not any of the broadcasters then who was it that first asked for the additional spectrum for (H)DTV? And in any event, if the broadcasters do not want it and do not like paying the duplicate electric bills then why are they so determined to hang on to the extra channels forever? If it is so bad then why prolong the agony? - Tom Manfredi, Albert E wrote: >>From Mark's Memo: > > >>- There's an interesting take on multicasting in the Columbia >>Journalism Review: >>http://www.cjr.org/issues/2004/2/hickey-tv.asp > > > This article again confuses sets considered by the CEA to be > "digital" with receivers capable of decoding the ATSC streams. > > Also, it describes how consumer groups have recently come to > demand a "pay back" from broadcasters. Presumably, the pay > back is for the privilege of being forced to spend millions of > dollars in a digital conversion they didn't ask for, and to > have and to continue paying much higher power bills for the > combined analog and digital transmission facililties. Perhaps > predictably, this pay back is to be in the form of programming > for the multicast channels that historically has been shown to > have next to zero viewership. > > Bert > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.