Craig Birkmaier wrote: >>> So Bert, do you expect more people to use the NBC authenticated TVE >>> services, or to pay CBS $5.99/mo for All Access? > You are hopeless. Why answer the question when you can distort things > I said almost two decades ago. I answered in a way you should have been able to understand, Craig. It's the same old story. In short, how many people TODAY have gone to the new scheme, be it Internet TV or be it HDTV back then, should not be the issue. What the issue should be, as if this wasn't obvious from the start, is the way things are trending. It was drop dead obvious back in the late 1990s and early 2000s that HDTV was going to be the "new normal," and it's equally obvious now that Internet carriage of TV will be the new normal. Yet, you remain equally stubborn. (I'm sure I can slog through the Topica archives to find some relevant quotes.) >> Of course they do, Craig. And the congloms and content owners are >> already making that content openly available > Not true. They need a license from the content owners. Read again what I said. Dell does not need a license for me to stream cbs.com content, Craig, nor Hulu, Hulu Plus, Netflix, or anyone else, either free ad-supported, or by subscription. I did not have to download anything special. Dell did not have to get in bed with the congloms. > Nor did Apple Let me know when you can stream cbs.com content, Craig, on your AppleTV, iPad, or iPhone. Bert ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.