[opendtv] Re: Did I get this one right?
- From: "John Willkie" <johnwillkie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2007 10:28:33 -0700
Wireless mics are licensed, so you start off from an absurd point of view.
No need to read further.
John Willkie
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De: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] En
nombre de Craig Birkmaier
Enviado el: Sunday, October 21, 2007 6:56 AM
Para: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Asunto: [opendtv] Re: Did I get this one right?
As wireless mics seem to be important to broadcasters, it would seem
logical to assign several white space frequencies for their
unlicensed use.
How many frequencies are used by these mics today? Obviously they
must be reasonably agile as the available frequencies change from
market to market.
We are talking about a huge chunk of spectrum from VHF through 600
MHz. There is plenty of room there to create multiple licensed and
unlicensed services.
Then again, there is enough room there for the broadcasters to use
this spectrum efficiently to develop a competitive multi-channel
service similar to Freeview, but with the ability to serve individual
markets as well.
Personally, I would prefer to see the spectrum assigned to
broadcasters USED by broadcasters to develop a multichannel service
with a free tier similar to Freeview) and the ability to deliver
premium subscription services as well. At the same time we could
shutter the FCC and get rid of ALL legislated and regulatory
protections associated with the use of this spectrum.
I would do this by setting up regional broadcast spectrum utilities
as I have discussed before. The content moguls would pay prevailing
market rates for bits, and hopefully they would do the same on cable
and DBS, choosing either to offer commercial free subscription
channels for which subscribers would pay, or advertiser supported
channels for which they would pay for carriage.
Regards
Craig
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