There have also been many surveys showing that, for local news, people turn to broadcast TV above any other medium (including the Internet, radio & newspapers). Of course, as has been pointed out by others, that broadcast TV is usually delivered other than off-air.
TTFN, Mark On 3/2/2010 3:52 PM, Manfredi, Albert E wrote:
Craig Birkmaier wrote:Broadcast TV as a public safety channel has never been all that reliable - Radio does a far better job as mobile and portable receivers that DO NOT rely on "mains power" are ubiquitous. And now wireless broadband provides on demand access to the information we once needed broadcasters to supply.I used to believe that too. Part of what you say is certinly true, like the power mains part (unless you buy one of the rare battery powered DTVs), but it all depends how the new DTV stations decide to reinvent themselves. This past nasty, ugly, annoying winter has made me appreciate what the TV weather subchannels CAN do, if they put their mind to it. Channel 7-2, from the ABC affiliate here, has 24/7 weather from something called "accuweather" as well as from the local meteorologist Doug Hill. So it shows the latest local and national weather always. They show all the needed graphics, including radar loops and 5-day (or 7-day?) forecasts, the type of info that is simply not available over radio. In tornado weather, they give precise locations and motion of the tornados, on a map. Only WJLA has evolved the service to this level, in DC, so far. It seems more up to date than even Intellicast on the web. Or at least, the analysis is more up to date, if not the actual radar image. You watch for a few minutes and get a good idea of what's about to happen weather-wise. On the paying for spectrum angle, I get the distinct impression that those who are addicted to subscription services would be just as happy if everyone else felt their pain too. Heh heh. 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.
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