The digital cliff is obvious and broadcasters are defending the NTSC
franchise AND global warming is caused by Bush?
Wow.
And, I thought that it was cable interests that told their customers to call
their representatives yesterday and today to try to get the FCC -- fat
chance, even with the hearing tomorrow -- to somehow (as if they had the
jurisdiction) force Sinclair and MediaCom (putting aside the Buffalo CBS
affiliate and Time-Warner) into binding arbitration.
The digital cliff is clearly not something that today is facing
broadcasters, unlike the clear, obvious and perilous digital cliff that is
facing cablers, who truly are "defending the NTSC franchise" and will
continue to do so (if they can get the digital into analog retrans rights)
after analog over the air ceases in the United States.
This is so f*******l funny with you, Craig. You said that AOL Time-Warner
wouldn't create a walled garden, but they did. And, you kept on saying that
they didn't. Now, as they start to emerge from that walled garden a bit
(free AOL accounts, etc) you are silent about it. I guess your rhetoric has
moved on and ignores all contrary external events.
You are so intent on defending your windy, 'hopeful' rhetoric that you can't
see what is happening.
However, I do detect a glimmer: you have recognized that Gainesville is a
college town, and perhaps you noticed that Nielsen announced this week that
they will start surveying college students. At some point in the future,
you will realize that as pertains to over the air TV, that survey change
will start to bring Gainesville out of the TV doldrums.
I can't wait for your commentary on the BIG changes that will come about
when CBS renegotiates retrans agreements for O&O stations.
"Something is happening here, and you don't know what it is, do you, Mr.
<Jones.>"
John Willkie
EtherGuide Systems
Isn't it time to chuck that idiot PSIP generator? www.EtherGuideSystems.com
-----Original Message-----
From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Craig Birkmaier
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 5:56 PM
To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [opendtv] Re: A Station Group with a Future
At 8:42 AM -0800 1/31/07, John Willkie wrote:
>So, are stations "defending the NTSC franchise" or "riding NTSC off the
>digital cliff" (no capitals since digital cliff ain't a proper noun)?
>
>I get confused by your windy rhetoric.
Obviously they have their backs against the digital cliff as they
defend the NTSC franchise.
Now all we need is a strong wind gust caused by global warming or the
Bush weather machine.
;-)
Regards
Craig
>John Willkie
>O, say can they see your P-S-I-P? www.EtherGuideSystems.com
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-
bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> On Behalf Of Craig Birkmaier
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 5:40 AM
>> To: OpenDTV Mail List
>> Subject: [opendtv] A Station Group with a Future
>>
>> In recent weeks there has been a great deal of discussion about
>> broadcast business models. The following story from Television Week
>> should be a wake-up call for TV broadcasters in the U.S.
>>
>> You don't have to ride NTSC to the Digital Cliff...
>>
>> Regards
>
>
>
>
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