tjharvey@xxxxxxx wrote: > 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. And let us not forget about the PVR channel multiplier effect. Having a machine easily recording things at off hours effectively multiplies your channel choices by a factor of 2 or 3. So a half dozen channels being trolled 24 hours / day is likely more than enough content for many. - Tom > 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. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.