[opendtv] Re: FCC Eliminates Simulcast Rules
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "OpenDTV (E-mail)" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 11:56:27 -0400
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
> And the broadcasters are protecting the lucrative NTSC
> franchise, while the big media conglomerates consolidate
> their control over the vast majority of content delivered
> by both the multi-channel distributors and broadcasters.
Perhaps these are two different discussions.
I continue not to understand what this "protecting NTSC
franchise" means in the context of an NTSC shut-off date, but
maybe you mean "broadcasters get to retain their current
analog OTA TV audience after analog shutoff." Trivially
true, if analog viewers buy an STB or a new digital TV set.
=20
The consolidation of media companies is another matter
entirely, which has nothing to do with the DTV transition.
It would happen even without any DTV transition. It's simply
the result of a maturing market segment. It happens in all
industries. Why should entertainment be any different?
> The only people who are losers in this game, are the
> viewers, who pay ever more to watch "Free - i.e. advertiser
> supported - TV.
How do viewers get to pay ever more to watch free TV? The
cost of an STB? Or do you mean that there are more ads on
free TV? If the latter, again, that trend happened
independent of any DTV transition. Overall, viewers of free
TV should be beneficiaries too, with better image quality
and more program choice, and potentially also new services,
at prices which should soon rival the price of analog TV.
Viewers of free TV would certainly be the losers if OTA
broadcasting were to cease, on the other hand, constaining
them too to become dependent on umbillical services.
Bert
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