[opendtv] Re: 20040601 Twang's Tuesday Tribune (Mark's Monday Memo)
- From: "John Shutt" <shuttj@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 09:43:52 -0400
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From: "Craig Birkmaier" <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
> I do
> not see any reason why it would not be possible to provide 30
> channels in the clear here in the U.S. The ad revenues can pay for
> this. But there are many existing business practices that would be
> affected, such as the contracts with cable and DBS for many of these
> channels.
I wouldn't envision the exact same cable channel would be broadcast in the
clear on DTV. I would expect ABC to repurpose much of their vaults to feed
a second channel basically as a place holder, then use it for additional
sports on certain days. Disney fare on weekend mornings, ESPN Classic-like
sporting reruns on weekend afternoons, etc. It wouldn't take much
imagination to fill up such a channel, and in the scheme of ABC/Disney,
would cost a whole lot less than they are spending to deploy this Disney
MovieBeam crapola.
John Shutt
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