[opendtv] Re: Kennard and Powell to the rescue
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:04:30 -0500
At 7:38 PM -0800 1/11/09, John Willkie wrote:
More lies. Please provide a link to the document where the FCC approved the
current DTV system. You can't; Congress decided that, after several years
of debate. The FCC's mandate was limited to implementing the change,
although they did recommend the ATSC approach to Congress, if only because
the "European" one wasn't ready.
Uhhh John....
The U.S. system wasn't ready either. I think the general consensus on
this list is that it was not until 2005 or later that decent
receivers hit the marketplace.
But I digress...
The FCC did more than approve the current DTV system. They put the
FOX in charge of the hen house.
At 8:44 AM -0500 1/12/09, nicholas kocsis wrote:
At the heart of the 8VSB debate is the 'spoils' system that has been
a feature of the U.S. political scene since its beginnings (Rod
Blagojevich is an outstanding recent example among many others).
The FCC and ATSC has not distinguished itself in a positive way in
dealing with workable broadcast standards. While their actions do
not match the Bernie Madoff scandal they contain similar elements of
incompetence, fraud and deception.
The FCC set up the Advisory Committee on Advanced Television Services
to create the DTV standard, and they put a former FCC Chairman - Dick
Wiley - in charge of the process. Now Wiley was a pretty sly FOX; not
a technical bone in his lawyer's body, but a client list of companies
who wanted to control the intellectual property in the new standard
that was a mile long.
The FCC did little to review or guide the process. They bit on the
results hook line and stinker. And yes, ultimately it took an Act of
Congress to authorize the service, not to mention a few campaign
contributions from foreign companies that had IP interests in the
standard.
I agree with Nick that DTV is still wide open to debate. The
politicians could care less about the success of the current standard
- there is no gain to be had from the status quo. Gain can only come
from an intra- or inter-industry battle to do something useful with
the broadcast spectrum.
Regards
Craig
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