[opendtv] Re: Let them eat cake (and ATSC while they're at it)

  • From: Tom Barry <trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 23:50:56 -0400

I think any backers would have had to buy into that same football 
liability.  Meanwhile some of the Freeview success may have been 
due to the initial purchase price and terms.

- Tom (too far removed to really know)


Bob Miller wrote:

> I did but did not foresee the bad business decision that were made 
> reference overpaying for mid-level football.
> 
> They would have been very successful otherwise even though average power 
> levels were 1/2 kW then. I still don't understand why they couldn't find 
> backers to keep then going. Backers of OnDigital are now paying up to 
> participate in Freeview BTW.
> 
> Bob Miller
> 
> John Golitsis wrote:
> 
> 
>>And before that, you predicted that OnDigital would be successful!
>>
>>
>>On 16-May-05, at 3:53 PM, Bob Miller wrote:
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>> 
>>
>>>From the beginning I have predicted that Freeview would
>>
>>>be wildly successful but my numbers were always proved conservative.
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>>>   
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