[opendtv] Re: FCC's spectrum plan gives broadcasters food for thought
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2010 07:45:00 -0400
At 2:06 PM -0500 6/30/10, Manfredi, Albert E wrote:
FOTA broadcasters have much more limited spectrum than the MVPDs, so
they do not pose any sort of credible threat. Plus, I allow the
cablecos and telcos to periodically tear up my yard to update their
cables for TV distribution, even though I don't use their
infrastructure. So honestly, their complaints about the existence of
FOTA TV fall on very deaf ears.
The only reason that broadcasters "appear" to have limited spectrum
is that they wanted it this way. They WANTED to limit choice.
The reason that the MVPDs appear to have so much more spectrum is
that they invested in the infrastructure to offer MUCH MORE choice
than broadcasters.
Broadcasters COULD have developed a digital infrastructure that
offered FAR MORE choice that the ATSC system can deliver. It was only
a question of money for infrastructure.
The problem is not that broadcasters offer a threat - they decided
NOT to compete with cable and DBS, but rather to take advantage of
that investment, and the financial relationship with the customer to
develop another revenue stream based on government authorized largess.
The complaints about FOTA are based primarily on the tremendous waste
of a very valuable public resource that is no longer being used for
its intended purpose, but rather to justify broadcast demands for
retrans dollars.
Its time to recover this public asset for applications with higher
economic benefit to society. There are many ways for you to get your
TV fix.
Regards
Craig
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