[opendtv] Re: Google And Verizon are Setting Our Public Internet Policy
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 08:35:12 -0400
At 6:51 PM -0500 8/10/10, Manfredi, Albert E wrote:
But it does remind me about the time when several corporate
interests tried to redefine the way (H)DTV was supposed to be
structured. And how (then FCC Chairman) Reed Hundt seemed to have
been derailed by that, for a few months anyway, and then regained
his composure.
The FCC gave the Grand Alliance the keys to the store.
The only action by the FCC that was meaningful was when Chairman Al
Sikes told the companies developing prototype systems that the system
WOULD BE digital, after Generl Instruments demonstrated a digital
system with a forerunner of MPEG-2.
After that the FCC did little more than act as a cheerleader. And
Hundt helped the Grand Alliance by pushing for multicasting in 1995,
after it was obvious that Congres was going to authorize the new DTV
service. Up to that point the GA was steadfastly AGAINST standard
definition video formats and multicasting, because they were
concerned that Congress might reduce channel allocations to 2 MHz -
enough to replicate the NTSC service that was being replaced.
Regards
Craig
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