Craig, You mean to say that the majority are willing to shell out 30 - 40 bucks a month for the stuff you have listed below? Maybe I am in the minority but we and many of our acquaintances OUTSIDE of the TV entertainment business are content with OTA even though the alternatives are affordable. The trouble I see is that this business (and this list) is too incestuous and can't see beyond a small world. Having been used to only three or four channels in other countries in my past, the solution to not finding something on TV is to shut it off and read a book, surf the internet or some other activity. Terry Harvey > > From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx> > Date: 2005/03/23 Wed AM 09:47:30 EST > To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [opendtv] Re: Bob likes COFDM > > At 11:55 AM -0500 3/22/05, Manfredi, Albert E wrote: > >What sold cable, what had guys chasing after the cable van > >back in the early 1980s, was largely the *more* sports. > > > Sports is STILL a driving force in premium market segments, but in > the expanded basic tier the ratings leaders are thing that you cannot > get over the air: > > Discovery Channels > The Weather Channel > News Channels - CNN CNN/HN, Fox, MSNBC, CNBC > Music Channels - MTV, VH1, CMN etc > HGTV > The Food Channel > > > And then there are the re-run channels, but increasingly these > networks are creating original content. > > Regards > Craig > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: > > - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at > FreeLists.org > > - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word > unsubscribe in the subject line. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.