[opendtv] Re: NAB/MSTV Filing - The numbers are in!
- From: Tom Barry <trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 17:32:05 -0400
Okay. Inquiring minds want to know.
How many homes don't have TV?
- Tom
John Willkie wrote:
> Do you even have a clue as to how many homes don't have TV? Nielsen DOES.
> More homes have TV than indoor plumbing or phones.
>
> How much time/trouble do you think the FCC should devote in a proceeding
> involving spectrum use policies on homes that voluntarily decide to not
> avail themselves of the "benefits" of television? I'd say little to nil.
>
> How much time/trouble do you think the FCC should devote in a proceeding
> involving spectrum use policies on people who voluntarily and illegally
> decide to enter the United States and/or overstay their 3 day (now
> effectively 30 day) visitor passes? I'd say none, and some of those folks
> were neighbors of mine in Tijuana even a few weeks ago.
>
> Sure, methodology of studies is always important. But, I thought your
> mission was to discern the number, not to pick away at your percieved nits
> of others. Where's your numbers? What was your methodology? Wasn't this
> an important issue to you over the last 5+ years?
>
> Wow! I can put two more angels on the head of this pin!
>
> John Willkie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Craig Birkmaier
> Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 3:03 AM
> To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [opendtv] Re: NAB/MSTV Filing - The numbers are in!
>
>
> At 11:28 AM -0400 8/12/04, Mark Aitken wrote:
>
>>* NAB/MSTV Comments on Over-the- Air Broadcast Television Viewers (MB
>>04-210) *
>>(National Association of Broadcasters)
>>/ Comments /
>>www.nab.org/Newsroom/Pres...s81104.pdf
>><http://www.nab.org/Newsroom/PressRel/Filings/OTAComments81104.pdf>
>>[Adobe PDF File]
>>/ Attachment /
>>www.nab.org/Newsroom/Pres...t81104.pdf
>><http://www.nab.org/Newsroom/PressRel/Filings/OTAAtt81104.pdf> [Adobe
>>PDF File]
>
>
> There's not much new here. These new numbers are lower than those
> used by the NAB in the past, but still raise a number of questions.
>
> The percentage of homes that do not subscribe to a MVPD is about 4-6%
> lower than the total number of subscribers claimed by Cable and DBS,
> as reported by the FCC in it's annual report on the TV markets. There
> is certainly some overlap of cable and DBS subscribers, but 6% sounds
> a bit high.
>
> The study presumes that ALL households that do not subscribe to a
> MVPD service use the OTA broadcast service. This is clearly not true.
> I have never seen a study that accounts for all of the households
> that simply do not have a TV, or those that use an OTA TV only during
> emergencies. I do not know what this percentage is, but it may be as
> high as those homes that subscribe to both cable and DBS.
>
> I am curious about the methodology used to determine the number of
> homes that have a MVPD service and still use the OTA service.
> Technically, every home can still hook up the rabbit ears and receive
> OTA signals. But how many do this? And how many of the sets that were
> counted as OTA receivers are old sets in a guest room that are seldom
> if ever used?
>
> One stat that does stand out is the high percentage of Spanish
> speaking homes that rely on OTA service. Given the millions of
> illegal aliens in the U.S., I guess it's good to know that the OTA
> service is helping them aspire to be full U.S. citizens, with the
> right (and means) to subscribe to cable or DBS...
>
> ;-)
>
> Regards
> Craig
>
>
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