[opendtv] Re: News: FCC's Martin Floats Leased Multicast Must-Carry Proposal
- From: Barry Brown <barrysb@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 15:18:51 -0500
On Mar 1, 2007, at 8:59 AM, Craig Birkmaier wrote:
At 1:23 PM -0500 2/28/07, Barry Brown wrote:
Otherwise, the DBS spectrum is flooded with large time segments of
duplicate programming, which will become significantly worse as we
progress toward an all digital system. Not an efficient system of
program distribution.
Agreed that it is not efficient, however it is the direction that
DirecTV and Dish are moving today.
What is at stake is about $50 - 100 million per month in fees that
the DBS companies are now collecting (or will be soon) for local
broadcasters. Most of the money goes to the broadcasters, but the
DBS companies get a small share and interest on the cash flow.
The unfortunate reality is that most subscribers are not like
yourself and would rather pay the $5 per month for local stations
to avoid the hassle of putting up an antenna.
My question is what's keeping the DBS companies from installing a
combo DBS/DT-OTA system, integrating the DT-OTA EPG with the channels
arriving via satellite. The customer has no hassle, the sat provider
makes better use of spectrum space, and probably still could charge
for the service since a completely integrated system would be
something of value for their customers.
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