April 7. It was chosen specifically to be after March Madness. TTFN, Mark Doug McDonald wrote: >cbenham@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > >>It is going to be an amazing day, that March 7, 2009, and I doubt the NAB, >>the FCC, Congress and all the TV networks and stations are going to ready for >>what they will be unleashing. >>I can hardly wait. >> >> >> > >I think you are exactly right ... but I also >think it will never happen. I suspect that it would not be a big >deal if the date were March 7, 2024. > >The right way to do this is to stagger the turnoff by money: >there would be an increasing license fee, year after year, >based on the total population inside the coverage area, >for each station. For NYC, say, it would reach $100,000,000 >per station per year by say 2019. > >Doug McDonald > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >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.