[opendtv] Re: HDTV-Brochure_2005final
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 17:39:34 -0500
At 3:32 PM -0500 1/19/05, Manfredi, Albert E wrote:
>The fact that broadcasters might have seized on
>HDTV as a way of retaining their terrestrial
>spectrum, *after the fact*, does not mean that this
>was HDTV's purpose.
You are partly correct Bert.
Protection of the existing broadcast franchise was most certainly the
major purpose of the ACATs process. But HDTV was also important to
CBS and Flaherty, as it was a useful bypass technology, with the
potential to keep CBS from shipping buckets of money to the companies
producing much of the CBS prime time lineup...on film. With
electronic acquisition in HD, CBS would be able to produce dramas and
sitcoms in-house, without having to deal with the cinematographers
and other Hollywood craft unions.
One need only look at the CBS studio complex in Hollywood to see that
CBS was able to realize the fulfillment of this vision.
Just another part of the master plan...
Regards
Craig
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