[opendtv] Re: FCC Opens TV Spectrum for Broadband Use
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 20:39:16 -0500
At 6:22 PM -0600 12/6/10, Manfredi, Albert E wrote:
You just told us that the FCC should have done more to create an
MVPD STB standard:
No. I said they were given the authority to unbundle cable STBs and
totally dropped the ball.
Remember, I'm the one who said "Let the marketplace decide."
The FCC SHOULD NOT have adopted the ATSC standard, much less mandate
that ATSC tuners be integrated into new TVs. Broadcasters should have
been given the flexibility to chose an appropriate modulation
standard and the marketplace would have responded with appropriate
solutions.
But this is all history now. We are saddled with a DTV standard that
is already irrelevant in every meaningful respect, EXCEPT that it
gives broadcasters the right to demand retransmission consent
payments, and the ATSC rights holders a nice paycheck.
Riddle me this, then. If the FCC doesn't establish the standards for
this industry, do you really think that the uncontrolled media
companies will do this, because you asked them nicely? We already
know how the MVPDs loved the idea of a standard interface, Craig.
It is not the role of the FCC to establish standards for cable
systems , just as it was not their role to set standards for
telephones. What was (is) needed is to demand that the cable systems
publish the requirements to develop products that will work with
their systems and allow any thrd party product to be attached to
their networks. Ironically, this IS happening with cable modems
thanks to the published DOCIS standards.
You can't have it both ways. Service provider companies on their
own, proprietary solutions is what you can expect. As you have
already said, "they like it this way."
Yes, they have been allowed to control their monopolies. The FCC
continues to allow this to happen despite the fact that they have the
legislative authority to open up this market.
Regards
Craig
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