[opendtv] Freeview economics: who pays?
- From: Dermot Nolan <dermot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "opendtv [opendtv]" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:29:19 +0100 (CET)
Freeview is paid for largely by the viewers. The BBC licence fee funds BBC
television services NOT Freeview. There is to a be a subsidy of £700M,
administered by the BBC, for a one-off converter distribution to the poor.
Commercial broadcasters pay market rates, currently, £12 Million pa, to be
carried on Freeview. Sony estimated that by conversion end the public will have
spent UK £26 billion on DTV equipment. The companies who provide the
transmission infrastructure for the services , which are both commercial and in
the private sector, charge £12million pa for any available 24/7 SDTV capacity.
(There is none at the moment).
Finally I see the £9.99 (thats $20) converter goes on sale on 26 December
2006: www.richersounds.com, as advertised in The Times today. Market forces at
work with working standards(unlike 'miracle' chips) and working business
models...
Kind Regards,
Dermot Nolan
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