[opendtv] Re: How About Portable ATSC Receivers?
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "OpenDTV (E-mail)" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 11:20:39 -0400
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
>
> The NAB, and the broadcasters that they represent
> are not concerned about the ability of broadcasters
> to stand on their own. They ARE concerned about
> getting broadcast content carried by the services
> that deliver 85% of the homes in the U.S.
>
> If they were really interested in making a go of OTA
> broadcasting they would use it to compete. Instead
> of putting all of their energy into the issue of
> forced carriage of multicasts, they would threaten
> to pull most of the good content from cable and DBS,
> giving people a GOOD reason to put up an antenna.
> Then and ONLY THEN, would good receivers be important
> to NAB and the broadcasters.
Why don't they?
Just in terms of basic greed, which usually works in
the world of business, wouldn't they be able to
negotiate more ucrative deals with the pay services?
You don't need to separate content from OTA carriage
to achieve this.
Bert
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