[opendtv] Re: Broadcasters Nix Low-Power DTS Proposal
- From: Tom Barry <trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:21:42 -0500
Albert Manfredi wrote:
> ...
>
> With this part I can certainly agree. Unfortunately, for a combination of
> reasons, it wasn't until AFTER the transition ended that broadcasters seem to
> have taken an interest in thinking about how best to use their multicast
> capacity. The blame went to chicken/egg all those transition years, and I
> think they were several other reasons. Somehow, some of the Europeans
> countries found a way to make it work.
>
>
>> And one must seriously question the wisdom of
>> both broadcasters and their regulators, to make
>> major investments to SUSTAIN a business that is
>> now irrelevant to the vast majority of U.S.
>>
>
> Or so you continue to hope. Broadcasters have had their environment changed,
> both by the congloms selling off their own OTA assets, and by the transition
> ending. So 6 months after the transition ended is not the time to be grabbing
> at the spectrum. Not if broadcasters are finally getting their act together,
> which it seems like they are.
>
> And for a federal agency to do this is in very poor taste.
>
> Bert
>
>
It will likely take some time yet for anybody to successfully 'grab at
the spectrum'. During this time broadcasters will have one last chance
to show they can attract viewers back to OTA and thus really have a
reason for existing. I strongly suspect they will not even make the
attempt.
- Tom
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