[opendtv] Re: FCC Chairman Pai to the NAB
- From: Craig Birkmaier <brewmastercraig@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2017 08:59:13 -0400
On Apr 27, 2017, at 10:55 PM, Manfredi, Albert E
<albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Pai himself wants to eliminate the local studio requirement for stations. So
I'm simply telling Craig to look beyond the politically correct platitudes,
and smell the coffee. See this:
http://www.tvtechnology.com/nab-show/0026/pai-delivers-nab-show-address/280929
"He proceeded to enumerate some of the regs he considered obsolete, including
the main studio rule requiring broadcasters to maintain a studio in their
communities of license. The World War II-era rule was crafted to give the
public access to station personnel and their public inspection files. Those
files are now online, and Pai noted that the primary mode of public
communication is now electronic. The chairman also called out media ownership
rules."
So once again, Bert is drawing conclusions before the proceeding that Pai
announced has even started...
Don't get me wrong, about this I'm mostly in favor. But it contradicts the
feel-good banalities about localism. It instead facilitates the development
of more regional nets, or with media ownership rules also the chopping block,
also nets with national footprint. (Which we have anyway, whether the
nonsensical rhetoric acknowledges this or not.)
I think it fair to say that the definition of "broadcasting" has never been
more in limbo. The one thing we know for certain is that most of the
economically viable TV broadcasters decided to stay the course and stay in
business when offered the opportunity to cash out in the recent reverse auction.
Why? Two words: retransmission consent.
VOD is NOT going to replace live linear networks that offer live
events and first run access to new episodes of popular shows.
Wanna bet?
Yup. You are in essence saying that we should not redefine the role of
broadcasters in the Internet age; that we should simply shut the service down.
As people cut the cord, which they continue to do, the lack of the old STB
will only accelerate the change. The comfortable majority of TV viewing is
ALREADY done on demand (61%, two years ago). The old STB was designed
primarily to tune into linear "channels," from a time when that was the only
game in town. Old habits might die hard, but once that STB is out of the way,
even old timers can figure out what the Millennials have known all along.
This is a brave new world in which copious content is always available, as in
a library. No need to make appointments.
Aside from the fact that your "alternative facts" are wrong, the reality is
that even Millennials watch live TV. Your position is absurd; like saying that
the VCR would eliminate the need for both broadcasters and MVPD services...
Bert completely fails to consider the reality that many people turn on the TV
as little more than background noise, or just grab the remote to see what is on
when they settle down for the evening.
Apparently he has no clue that millions of viewers actually DO make
appointments to watch popular shows live, even as they share they get on social
networks to talk about what they are watching.
And then there's sports...
Regards
Craig
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