[opendtv] Re: 5th generation Test
- From: Mitchell Cardwell <mitchrc@xxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 23:06:41 -0800
Bob,
I do wonder how well Freeview would be doing today had it not been for
OnDigital giving away so many receivers before it went under. Had they
not had that installed base of receivers before Freeview started they
might not be where they are now.
Mitch
On Mar 17, 2005, at 8:25 PM, Bob Miller wrote:
> Before Freeview started the chatter here and in the UK was all mostly
> negative. I predicted that Freeview would be wildly successful as I
> also
> predicted of Berlin.
>
> I am going to save this email and repost it in a couple of years.
>
> Something NOT quite like this will fly in the US and change OTA
> broadcasting.
>
> Bob Miller
>
> Mitch Cardwell wrote:
>
>> Four channels of BBC, three channels of ITV, a travel home shopping
>> channel, four news channels, two or three other shopping channels,
>> etc.
>> Also there are digital versions of Four and Five.
>>
>> You can view the lineup here: http://freeview.co.uk/whatson/index.html
>>
>> It doesn't seem to me that something like this would fly in the states
>> given our high multi-channel penetration across all socio-economic
>> backgrounds. There simply isn't enough compelling content on the
>> freeview platform.
>>
>> Oh...and there's no HDTV.
>>
>> On Mar 17, 2005, at 5:50 PM, Tom Barry wrote:
>>
>
>
>
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