[opendtv] Re: Will Digital Passthru Effect Digital Tier Subscription?

At 8:43 PM -0700 8/2/07, johnwillkie wrote:

Oh, yeah, that will solve everthing!

100 ota channels of porn, no news (except in the nude) and no emergency
broadcasting capability.
Or "my wi-fi connection is more important than emergency broadcasts>">how a business can
No, but apparently "free TV broadcasts," used by only 15% of the population are more important than public safety applications. The broadcasters have delayed the ability to free up spectrum for this for more than a decade since the 1996 Telecom act.
You seem to believe in markets John, noting that Hollywood does a better job of creating entertainment programming that the companies that make shows for Mexican TV.
If content is king, and I believe it is, why do you think opening up the industry to real market based competition will result in nothing but porn?
What if I were to say that most network programs offer values that I am offended by? Nudity may be taboo, but graphic murder is quite acceptable.
Sorry John, but there is much more to TV and the Web than entertainment. There is a reason that TV stations focus on the weather when a hurricane blows through these parts. That's what the MARKET wants. They don't need politicians telling them to deliver emergency broadcasts. 

Regards
Craig



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