[opendtv] Re: Arguments on CATV from the 1960s
- From: Mark Aitken <MAitken@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 16:06:27 +0000
Some might argue Craig is onto something, except he seems to have forgotten
about the notion of a 'spectrum utility' (with a new standard, amongst other
things, 20 channels of HDTV might be possible...I would not simply take the
math posed...). I can assure you that (like it or NOT!), maximizing Nielsen
'eyeballs' is core. "If you cannot measure, they do not exist". Retrans, yes,
important. But the rest is not lost...
Mark
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Subject: [opendtv] Re: Arguments on CATV from the 1960s
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
> What if the extra eyeballs benefit the broadcaster more than the CATV
> system? Or more to the point, what would it cost the broadcaster to
> operate a low power repeater to serve the same homes? Then multiply
> that by the number of stations delivered by the CATV system.
Exactly. That's why I can only see one reason why broadcasters would be so
upset with Aereo: broadcasters MIGHT be thinking, "We want to do this Internet
streaming on our own, but the networks won't let us. So why should Aereo get
away with this?"
Nothing else makes a lot of sense. Aren't OTA broadcasters SUPPOSED to want to
maximize their Nielsen ratings? Or have they forgotten that part, now thinking
only in terms of retrans fees?
Bert
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