Cable will have to switch to all digital plants as the analog TV receivers currently in service are retired. Only DTV receivers are being sold anymore. Al Limberg ----- Original Message ----- From: "Craig Birkmaier" <craig@xxxxxxxxx> To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 9:31 AM Subject: [opendtv] Re: News: The Real Fight Over Fake News > At 2:23 PM -0400 6/3/08, Manfredi, Albert E wrote: > >The untethered models that already exist today are FOTA and FOTI. Guess > >what, Craig. You can opt for these immediately. > > No argument Bert. > > But the context of the thread was when FOTA and MVPDs would disappear > as consumer choices. > > The congloms are NOT going to keep pushing their best content via > FOTA for the reasons I have pointed out over the last week. Once > again: > > 1. Government imposed content restrictions; > 2. The ability to collect additional subscriber revenues from the MVPDs; > 3. And the ability to target ads via the Internet. > > So the real question here is when will consumers pull the plug. For > the most part they already have for FOTA. > > So the most important question is: When with the 85% who now get > their TV fix from the MVPDs drop those services in favor of the > various flavors of direct payment and ad supported media downloaded > from the Internet? > > > > >Did you see what Bob posted today on TV in Spain? Can you make a > >connection? If consumers catch on to untethered, a shift in that > >direction could also happen here. Broadcasters, congloms, and trade > >journal scribes, have to get a clue, though. > > Trust me Bert. THEY HAVE A CLUE! > > And this is EXACTLY the reason why we do not currently have the same > choices here that viewers have in Europe. The congloms are NOT going > to take a step backward and give us all a better deal. They are going > to continue to move forward to a business model where we will pay > more than viewers in other countries for the privilege of viewing > their content. > > > > >You keep stubbornly sticking to your 15 percent half-truth, without > >getting your head out of the sand (to be polite) long enough to see the > >horizon. > > Half truth? > > I'd wager that half of that 15% watch less than an hour of TV per > week via their FOTA receivers. > > You really need to at least move into the 20th century Bert... > > > > >>> The piece on the Pace cable STBs tells you that cable > >>> companies are looking to drop the analog tier as soon as > >>> possible. Maybe it's to offer more VOD. Maybe it's to > >>> facilitate a la carte. I don't know. Fact is, thay are moving > >>> for a quick transition, looks like to be completed within 3 > >>> years. > >> > >> Really? > > > >Yes, Craig. "Over the next three years." > > > >"The contract is for a low cost digital to analogue converter product > >that will enable the transition to all-digital networks and will be > >delivered over the next three years." > > So based on a simple press release from Pace, you have concluded that > the entire cable industry will transition to all digital plants in > three years. > > Hmmmm. What do you think about Bert's tip folks? > > Should we be buying Pace stock? > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.