[opendtv] Re: (No Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 10:30:37 -0400

  • From: Bob Miller <bob@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2004 15:13:38 -0400

You say, "Nowhere on earth has a DTT migration succeeded without resorting to 
analog shutdown." I think the UK is an example of a successfully DTT transition 
and they are still trying to pick an analog shutdown date. The latest is 2012 
or so. In the meantime they sold over 600,000 receivers last quater and may 
approach a million this quarter.

Bob Miller



Manfredi, Albert E wrote:

>Craig Birkmaier wrote:
>
>  
>
>>I just cannot understand why you cannot see [ ... ]
>>    
>>
>
>When the other side sounds unbelievably obtuse, often
>it's because the two sides aren't communicating.
>
>Recently, for instance, I discovered that your
>pessimism with respect to DTT was based on its chances
>of success *before* analog shutdown. Where I was
>ignoring the transition period almost entirely.
>
>Of course we weren't going to come to an agreement.
>I never expected DTT to be a huge success as long
>as people could get by with "no change." And
>especially so until good and low cost receivers came
>on the market. Nowhere on earth has a DTT migration
>succeeded without resorting to analog shutdown.
>Certainly nowhere has 85 percent migration of OTA
>users to DTT been reached voluntarily.
>
>Today, you wonder why I don't understand what the
>NAB is trying to delay analog shutdown as much as
>possible.
>
>Of course I understand *that*. I also understand that
>the NAB is a lobbyist for the local OTA broadcasters,
>and must answer to that membership. The NAB does not
>answer to the American public, nor does it even
>represent the interests of the major broadcast
>networks.
>
>Congress, and the FCC, are the ones who are supposed
>to look out for the greater good. They're supposed to
>balance out all the interests of organizations,
>businesses, and citizens. Not the NAB. So I'm just
>waiting and seeing what Congress and the FCC do. The
>FCC has tried to steer the discussion in the correct
>direction, IMO, with their sensible interpretation of
>the Balance Budget Act of 1996.
>
>I also think that if the transition is pushed through,
>local OTA broadcasters will ultimately benefit. But
>the water *is* cold when you first jump in.
>
>Bert
>
 
 
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