[opendtv] Re: 20050627 Mark's Monday Memo
- From: Bob Miller <bob@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2005 11:34:50 -0400
This conspiracy theory suggest that the broadcasters are a cohesive
group, infinitely wise, operate in a 20 year planning cycle and know
the future. You may be right.
And here I thought all along that they were fractious nitwits who didn't
have a clue as to their own best interest.
Of course the only thing they really have to be concerned about is what
power they still weld in Congress.
Bob Miller
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
>At 10:57 PM -0400 6/30/05, Tom Barry wrote:
>
>
>>Bob Miller wrote:
>>
>> > You are starting to hear the NAB talk more about the need for adequate
>> > receivers and the break between the NAB and the CEA is getting deeper.
>> > Maybe it will happen sooner. But once broadcasters see others using TV
>> > spectrum to broadcast mobile and or they are denied must carry of
>> > multicast I think things could go ballistic.
>>
>>Yep. I believe the NAB has all the ammo they need to cause a scandal
>>about 8vsb and probably even blame it on the CE guys. But I don't think
>>the timing is still quite right since they can safely just sit on the
>>spectrum for awhile yet without having to eat their children. This will
>>mostly keep the mobile guys off it for some time, and may give the NAB
>>members some bargaining power for either multiple carry or other bribes.
>>
>>But eventually the broadcasters can point to the FCC letters of their
>>early 8vsb objections and claim they were fraudulently pressured into
>>accepting something that can't really work as claimed. I think it is
>>just a matter of time. (and more time, and ...)
>>
>>
>
>The beauty of a "Trojan Horse" strategy is that you can plan from the
>beginning for the day when you can tell the Congress critters that
>you've been had. Better yet, "the law of unintended consequences"
>drives virtually every major issue that the Congress critters touch.
>
>It would have been difficult in 1999 to kill 8VSB, before it was even
>deployed in most markets. Much better to wait another decade for the
>inevitable flop. After all this has never been about building
>something. It has always been about protecting the goose that laid
>the golden NTSC egg.
>
>It will be much easier in 2009-2009 to tell Congress that the
>relentless march of technology has change the competitive playing
>field; that broadcasting will not survive without the ability to
>reach mobile and portable receivers. And it may not even be necessary
>to admit defeat and latch onto the technology that worked in 1999 -
>by then COFDM will be old tech too. What the broadcasters will ask
>for is ANOTHER multi-year process to develop a new standard that
>incorporates the best technology available given the lessons learned
>from the failed first generation DTV standards.
>
>But we must remember the other reason for the Trojan Horse strategy.
>To devalue the OTA franchise so that Congress will let the big
>conglomerates rush in to save Free OTA TV.
>
>This was all sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo predictable...
>
>Regards
>Craig
>
>
>
>
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