[opendtv] Re: Will Digital Passthru Effect Digital Tier Subscription?
- From: "johnwillkie" <johnwillkie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 14:15:19 -0700
So, somehow the Communications Act amendments of 1996 will be overturned?
If it's not just your imagination at work, this would be big news. I
haven't heard even a hint of that, but I guess your ear must be closer to
the ground. Question: what planet and which dimension? Somehow, it doesn't
sound much like the one most of us occupy.
No, Tom you will pay for the variety and deph of program services delivered
by cable. Call it paying for variety and delivery. Some of those channesl
will be broadcast channels, but what the cable company "pays" for those will
amount to a rounding error on the cost the cable companies pay for ESPN.
On the other hand, broadcast only viewers only pay with their attention. Bt
then, cable viewers pay with that TOO.
If cable did what you suggest -- most of what you suggest for them -- it
would be suicide. Not unlike the outcome if broadcasters follow what you
sugest for the.
Me, I think that cable and tv should exist. And, after throwing daily ink
on flattened and bleached dead trees turns into a few national newspapers,
to NOT have broadcast TV and cable would throw us back to he days before the
Reformation. "The Dark Ages."
John Willkie
-----Mensaje original-----
De: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] En
nombre de Craig Birkmaier
Enviado el: Sunday, July 29, 2007 5:12 AM
Para: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Asunto: [opendtv] Re: Will Digital Passthru Effect Digital Tier
Subscription?
At 8:32 PM -0400 7/27/07, Tom Barry wrote:
>How do you mean the digital tier? Usually that costs extra money
>and may include a lot of encrypted channels. OTOH the broadcast
>stations could also be sent digitally but unencrypted so at least
>digital QAM ready TV's and equipment could get them without either
>extra fees or cable cards. (once you get the TV)
Sorry Tom, but those days are over.
YOU Vill PAY for broadcast stations, just like you pay for everything else!
It might be interesting if the cable industry said it would pull the
plug on the analog broadcast channels unless the broadcasters rescind
their Retrans Consent demands. Then they could justify only paying
for the subscribers who pay for the digital tier with the networks...
Regards
Craig
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