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: >> >> >> >>>From the beginning I have predicted that Freeview would >> >>>be wildly successful but my numbers were always proved conservative. >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: > > - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at > FreeLists.org > > - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word > unsubscribe in the subject line. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.