In my market the number one station is going dark and will combine with
another station to multicast.
What is says to me (and this will sound boringly familiar to Craig) is that
broadcasters see more value in providing a signal. any kind of signal, in a
market to trigger must carry than they do having an entire 19.4 Mbps pipe.
I know that encoders have gotten better over the years that I have been out
of broadcasting, but a CBS affiliate and an ABC affiliate sharing a channel,
how good can the HD for both signals be?
John
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Sent: Friday, April 14, 2017 8:09 AM
Subject: [opendtv] Re: 600 MHz auction repack
Interesting!
Not many stations taking the buyout and going dark. Many stations taking the money to combine operation with other stations inn their market.
Looks like broadcasting is still viable from an economic perspective.
Makes one wonder what would have happened without retrans consent.
Regards
Craig
