Translated for the Base64 impaired ;) ================================================================ Nope Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -----Original Message----- From: Tom Barry <trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 20:24:31 To:opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxSubject: [opendtv] Re: Mobile broadcasters face technical, business hurdles
What is the actual payload of the various possible mobile transmission proposals now. Do they actually get even 50% after subtracting the extra error correction overhead? I've sort of lost track. - Tom John Shutt wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" > <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx> >>> On the other hand, if existing OTA TV broadcasts are made available to >> mobile platforms "as is," there should still be a meaningful benefit, in
>> the form of increased Nielsen ratings, I would think. So that should>> percolate up the chain too. I don't see why any new agreements need to
>> be made, though. The benefits should accrue naturally, in this case, >> because more money should be made from the same ads. > > > Amen, Bert. If a mobile device could use unaltered (or very slightly> altered, backwards compatible, very low bit loss) ATSC, then that would > undermine any potential demand for subscription mobile video services.
> I am dumbfounded by the lack of interest in the Patel/McDonald patent > for this use. >> I have no idea how popular they are, but there are many DVB-T portable
> Freeview receivers available both car installations and as combo > DVB-T/DVD players. Throw in the USB "thumbdrive" DVB-T receivers for > laptops that at least have a chance of working in a bus or commuter> train, and that's a lot of free content for any subscription service in
> GB to compete against. > > However, our broadcast station has chosen to offer multiple channels> with our ATSC stream, and we would not want to trade a 2-for-1 bit loss
> just to program to mobile devices free of charge. Some stations may> wish to lease bits in this manner to a third party, which is fine, but I > don't see free OTA E-VSB or A-VSB making much of a dent in the market.
> > It would be much more likely that we would license our content to (or> lease space from?) an existing mobile video provider such as Qualcomm or
> Crown Castle. > > John > > >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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