[opendtv] Re: "Unfairness" Alert!
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 07:50:21 -0500
At 12:18 PM -0800 3/6/05, John Willkie wrote:
>Come to think of it, the San Diego Reader, the Chicago Reader, the
>LA Weekly, New Times (phoenix, et al) all have this similar
>disctibution pattern: free in their home markets, yet they charge
>money to mail the copies to out-of-towners who don't want to visit
>the home market(s) of the publications every week to get a fresh
>edition.
>
>Oh, the unfairness of it all! Here's another windmill that just is
>asking for tilting!
>
>John (trying to recover from the cold temperatures) Willkie
>
One MAJOR difference John. Broadcasters give their product away in a
market via the OTA signal, but they typically charge the "other" 85%
of the people in that market for that same product, when the viewer
decides to pay for a multi-channel TV service.
Think of it as being able to grab a copy of the VV for free on one
corner, but you have to pay for it at the news stand on the opposite
corner that offers hundreds of magazines and newspapers.
Regards
Craig
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