That's why I coined the phrase: ATSC - Anything That Satisfies Congress Ed Grogan Dale Kelly wrote:
Bob wrote:A lot of members of the NAB would have been for a switch if it had not been for their abject fear of Congress. ABC, NBC, Pappas, Sinclair and others would all have voted for COFDM if Dingell and others were not threatening them with loss of spectrum and licenses saying that the bid for COFDM was a delaying tactic. In fact I think Sinclair, Pappas did vote for COFDM. If ABC and NBC had not caved we would not have the transition problems we have today. It would have been over in 2006.That's pretty much the way it happened. NAB and MSTV, fearing the threatened political backlash, backed the CBS position. politically, they are broadcasting and it was all over at that point. Dale ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.