[opendtv] Re: Final Comments Filed in TV Broadcast Allocations Proceeding
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2011 08:53:10 -0400
At 4:15 PM -0500 4/29/11, Manfredi, Albert E wrote:
Of course the CTIA would favor broadcasters giving up spectrum. No
JUST because this makes their two-way wireless network design just a
tad simpler (but not much, in fact), at the expense of broadcasting,
but also because this limits even more the amount of program
diversity the OTA TV broadcasters can offer in the future.
Program diversity IS NOT being constrained by the availability of
broadcast channels to deliver desirable content.
It is being constrained by the content oligopoly, which chooses to
control access to popular programming so as to maximize profits. The
primary infrastructure used for this task today is the MVPD outlets,
which willingly collect subscriber fees for the media conglomerates
(and now for FOTA programming as well).
If you need additional proof, simply look to the UK, where 84 MHz of
spectrum is allocated to TV broadcasting, yet the public receives
more than 40 channels of FREE TV content that is competitive with
MVPD services.
Regards
Craig
And if your arguments are correct that the telcos do not have a
spectrum shortage, because they can keep using ever shrinking
"cells," one could make the same argument for broadcasters. You could
put a tiny transmitter in every home and deliver virtually unlimited
content via a wired broadband backbone.
Just substitute DVB-T for WiFi and use IP multicasts to feed the transmitters.
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