[opendtv] Re: Florida OTA TV example
- From: "Allen Le Roy Limberg" <allimberg@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2010 10:57:41 -0400
We get good reception of all the networks and WGCU public TV with rabbit
ears in Port Charlotte on the Sun Coast. There is programming available in
both English and Spanish. The Spanish-language movies are shown with
English subtitles with the naughty words blacked out. The word "shrimp",
too.
We have better weather than the rest of Florida, too. Sarasota has more
going on, though.
Al
----- Original Message -----
From: "Craig Birkmaier" <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2010 7:58 AM
Subject: [opendtv] Re: Florida OTA TV example
> At 5:41 PM -0400 7/5/10, Albert Manfredi wrote:
> >Within the Orlando suburbs, things seem better. Move a little
> >distance away from Orlando, even in cities like Daytona Beach and
> >Gainesville, and forget about OTA choice. At least, you guys finally
> >got NBC, now that they are falling apart at the seams. OTA is
> >definitely a "bare minimum" proposition in much of Florida, seems to
> >me.
> >
>
> This most likely has much to do with the ways in which Florida has
> grown in the past five decades. Much of the growth in our state has
> occurred AFTER the growth of cable, especially the boom in retirement
> communities in Central Florda - after South Florida got over
> populated and became a hell hole...
>
> The population has nearly doubled since 1980, and Central Florida has
> been the fastest growing region over the decades since 1980.
>
> Also keep in mind that the over 54 demographic group is not highly
> coveted by advertisers - not even covered in the ratings data for
> which I posted the link. The retirees tend to watch a lot of TV, and
> make up a huge portion of the folks who still watch the Network
> evening news. The median age for ALL of the network evening news
> shows increased to 62.8 in 2009. Much of the recent success of CBS
> has been related to its ability to capture the older demographics,
> although they did fare better last year in the 18-34 demographic.
>
> You live in a rather unique area where there is an appetite for a
> wide range of programming related to international news. In most of
> the rest of the country the main area of growth for OTA is with
> Hispanic viewers. Univision is now the fifth largest broadcast
> network behind the big four.
>
> And then there is the other reality of Florida...
>
> We have better weather and more things to do than wasting time
> watching TV. The Villages has one of the highest percentages of golf
> carts per capita in the country. And the bars open at 9 am.
>
> Regards
> Craig
>
>
>
>
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