[opendtv] Re: Commissioner Carr at NAB
- From: "Craig Birkmaier" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (Redacted sender "brewmastercraig" for DMARC)
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2019 06:48:44 -0400
On Apr 8, 2019, at 10:41 PM, Manfredi (US), Albert E
<albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
This old canard. The return path is ALWAYS needed, if this has any hope of
becoming "a competitive broadband pipe." And the numbers don't add up. It
would take eight TV stations combined, dedicated just to my household alone,
to compete with my FiOS service. IP requires two-way links, even if not
necessarily symmetric up and down. Conversely, one-way broadcast does not
require IP.
Yup. Might as well say it is a century old canard. Nothing more than regulators
trying to justify their existence...
The reality is that we all watch one-way streams A LOT. The only issue is the
best infrastructure to deliver them. The real money is moving to broadband
(both wired and wireless), while the TV broadcasters ride down a service that
only exists today because of retransmission consent.
Or to be brutally honest - broadcast TV is the legal underpinning of the media
oligopoly, that allows them to control the pricing of the bundles they sell to
cable, DBS, and now VMVPD services.
Small wonder that Washington bureaucrats from both parties want to protect
their role in protecting the media empire that carries the politicians water...
ATSC 3.0 is a solution looking for a problem...
"They're researching ways to use the signal to provide rich media content to
households that currently don't have a broadband connection."
Typical college researcher. There are millions of homes that do not have
broadband - they find a cellular phone adequate for their needs.
1 in 5 Millennials Access The Internet Exclusively Through Mobile Devices
https://www.ibtimes.com/1-5-millennials-access-internet-exclusively-through-mobile-devices-1880194
Clue - these folks are NOT interested in rabbit ears...
Regards
Craig
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