[opendtv] Re: Why aren't there more converter boxes?

Bert wrote:
> I have my doubts there too, because that one-time windfall may only pay
> for the acquisition cost. Not for recurring lifecycle costs. And you
> would end up with a new middleman.
> One good outcome, though, would be that you'd have a single cohesive
> entity interested in making the OTA solution attractive as a whole. To
> me, that is the ONLY advantage of a spectrum utility.

Agree, Dale

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> [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Manfredi, Albert E
> Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 2:37 PM
> To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [opendtv] Re: Why aren't there more converter boxes?
> 
> 
> Dale Kelly wrote:
> 
> >> Your case MIGHT be more believable, if not for the fact
> >> that in the UK, cable networks and broadcasters are
> >> PAYING for the right to deliver their programming via
> >> Freeview, which does not charge a dime in subscriber
> >> fees.
> >
> > That Craig is a non sequitur. The UK Freeview system
> > utilizes the national TV transmission system constructed
> > over the years, mostly at taxpayer expense
> 
> And, Freeview doesn't have any other source of income, same as Rai Way.
> I'm not sure why Craig keeps repeating that comment. Making the money
> flow on a different path is not necessarily an improvement.
> 
> > Now, if the government wants to construct such a utility
> > using potential revenue from it's taking of additional
> > spectrum, that might actually work.
> 
> I have my doubts there too, because that one-time windfall may only pay
> for the acquisition cost. Not for recurring lifecycle costs. And you
> would end up with a new middleman.
> 
> One good outcome, though, would be that you'd have a single cohesive
> entity interested in making the OTA solution attractive as a whole. To
> me, that is the ONLY advantage of a spectrum utility.
> 
> Bert
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