[opendtv] Re: Mission Accomplished
- From: "Bob Miller" <robmxa@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:47:50 -0400
This was being talked about quite a bit back in 2001 when OTA was
maybe 17% of homes or more.
http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA89647.html
"The logic behind a spectrum-seizure policy goes something like this:
85 percent of TV households presently rely on cable or DBS. As that
number inches toward 90 percent or higher, Congress and the Federal
Communications Commission might decide that the broadcast spectrum is
more valuable in the hands of mobile phone companies willing to pay
billions of dollars for the privilege.
Whether he meant to or not, new FCC Chairman Michael Powell put the
issue on the table at an April press conference, in which he addressed
the implications for TV stations should cable and DBS attain
near-universal penetration.
"If 100 percent of Americans don't get free, over-the-air TV, what are
we protecting?" Powell asked.
I think I was misinterpreting Powell. He meant if NO American is
getting OTA instead of if everyone is not getting OTA. 2 or 3% is
getting close to NO American.
Bob Miller
On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 11:20 PM, Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Remember when anyone cared?
>
> Except for you Bert!
>
> ;-)
>
> IF we drop to 5% using the over the air service it will verify my position
> that broadcasters are interfering with our ability to use this spectrum for
> something the public wants...
>
> Regards
> Craig
>
>
> At 9:34 PM -0400 10/22/08, Albert Manfredi wrote:
>>
>> Bob Miller wrote:
>>
>>> Soon after the transition we may see somebody exploring
>>> these numbers. Say a newly elected freshman Democrat out
>>> to make his or her mark. The number may be too low to
>>> read IMO. If so the conversation might get interesting
>>
>> Or, perhaps, history will repeat itself. Remember when 8-VSB would never
>> work?
>>
>> Remember when ATSC receivers would add $200 to the price of a set?
>>
>> Remember when ATSC receivers could not be built to a 1watt/8 watt
>> standard?
>>
>> Remember when ATSC could only work with a 30 ft mast antenna, and indoor
>> antennas would never work?
>>
>> Remember when 8-VSB was good only in gaussian, or at worst Ricean
>> channels?
>>
>> Remember when it was ridiculous to design HDTV into ATSC from the start?
>>
>> I'm sure I'm forgetting a whole lot of other such wisdom imparted on us,
>> from day 1.
>>
>> Bert
>>
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