[opendtv] Re: 20040719 Mark's Monday Memo
- From: Mark Aitken <maitken@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 10:56:04 -0400
Actually, in most cases there are a variety of issues that force this
"mini utility". Lack of FCC permitting (Canada border issues) is
frequently the case (I note the location of your examples), lack of
vertical real estate (as in towers :-) for a variety of reasons, lack of
facility space, and the list goes on. This is NOT the usual for a
variety of complex business reasons. It is simply a way to get you their
content OTA DTV.
Manfredi, Albert E wrote:
>>- A correspondent reports from a recent trip that WSTM-DT in
>>Syracuse,
>>New York is carrying its own NBC signal on one sub-channel and WSTQ's
>>UPN on another. In Watertown, New York, WWNY-DT had its own
>>CBS signal
>>on one sub-channel and WNYF's Fox on another. For some time,
>>WNYW-DT in
>>New York City has been carrying its own Fox programming on one
>>sub-channel and WWOR's UPN on another.
>>
>>
>
>Intriguing. This is the "mini-utility" idea, in which individual
>DTT stations put together their own mix of prgramming. I like it.
>
>
>
>>So the question is: What happens when both sub-channels want to go HD?
>>
>>
>
>Depends. If the HD programming is not sports, it should work well
>enough with two HD streams. If one is a sports program, the
>other will have to be SD, most likely.
>
>Bert
>
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