Actually, PSIP is totally new. All sorts of issues come up, but newspaper listings are getting smaller and smaller, and PSIP is required to make a go at data broadcasting. It's absurd to drive viewers to other sources of information, indeed, along the way, they may decide to do other things, regardless of whether the PC is near the TV or in another room. Just last week, I saw a promo for a news show on KNSD-TV, the NBC-operated but not fully owned station in San Diego. In the promo, the announced that one could record it if you were watching something else. Would have taken less time to say "Tivo." I suspect that other NBC-operated tv stations will be using this formulation in the future, if they aren't doing so already. Indeed, it gave me an idea. John Willkie -----Mensaje original----- De: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] En nombre de Craig Birkmaier Enviado el: Sunday, November 25, 2007 1:48 PM Para: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Asunto: [opendtv] Re: New Thread: What becomes of Legacy Analog Equipment At 2:58 AM -0500 11/25/07, Albert Manfredi wrote: >And then, of course, I always come back to the fact that PSIP >*ought* to be the tool for the program guide job. That's what it's >for. But it's just possible, or even likely, that other schemes will >take over what PSIP can't manage to do right. Just ask Google. They have all kinds of ideas about searching for and sponsoring content. Why broadcasters are so lax about supporting PSIP and program guides in general is hard to fathom. One could come to the conclusion that they don't want people time shifting, or even planning what they want to watch. Regards Craig ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.