Tom Barry wrote: >> But on a more serious note, OTA TV now has roughly 15 percent of >> households that "depend" on it, and roughly 30 percent of TV >> viewing overall is from an OTA source. > > I'm not sure the phrase "OTA source" is a very efficient way to > describe any content source anymore. It seems to mean a source > that is popular enough that it is ALSO carried OTA and watched by > the 15% or so that do not have cable or satellite. No, that's not what I was trying to get across. I'm saying that we have seen several reports of stations dropping their OTA transmission, or perhaps their NTSC transmission, and then reporting a drop of 30 percent of their viewership. Seems to me that cable and DBS households are using OTA as well, many times. (And of course DBS users often go OTA for HDTV from the major networks.) 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.