[opendtv] Re: Qualcomm on Channel 55
- From: "John Willkie" <JohnWillkie@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 17:53:30 -0700
legacy technology is a pure, whorish sales term. Technology announced today
is legacy technology. I use the term myself. Are you an engineer or a
marketer?
John Willkie, who amounts -- almost -- to being both, but who knows the
difference
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Barry" <trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 8:29 PM
Subject: [opendtv] Re: Qualcomm on Channel 55
> John Willkie wrote:
>
> > on what planet are MPEG2 transport streams ancient? Last I heard, not a
> > single entity in the world has embraced MPEG-4 transport streams. NIce
> > rhetoric though. Goebbels would admire the patter, might think it a
> > thoughtcrime.
> >
> > John Willkie
>
> There are no currently known planets where MPEG-2 is not
> considered older legacy technology. And I personally am an entity
> that has embraced MPEG-4 (and WM9 and somewhat On2) transport
> streams. I am sure there are others.
>
> MPEG-2 is no longer considered state of the art.
>
> - Tom
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Bob Miller" <bob@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 1:58 PM
> > Subject: [opendtv] Re: Qualcomm on Channel 55
> >
> >
> >
> >>Yes but the strangeness emanates from the fact that broadcasters passed
> >>on developing their OTA spectrum for actually broadcasting. They seem
> >>content with ancient 8-VSB and MPEG2 technology with no thought to
> >>mobile on their spectrum while spending all their efforts on multicast
> >>must carry.
> >>
> >>That is what is strange. Others see the opportunity and will bury
> >>current broadcasters IMO. Qualcomm is just the first.
> >>
> >>Bob Miller
> >>
> >>Mitchell Cardwell wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>A cell phone company asking TV stations to vacate their channels so the
> >>>cell phone company can offer...TV. What a strange time we live in.
> >>>
> >>>Mitch
> >>>
> >>>On Jun 20, 2005, at 12:35 AM, Bill Hogan wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Qualcomm announces plans for UHF Ch. 55 [1]
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>Qualcomm, the mobile technology specialist, is one of those companies
> >>>>wondering if the DTV transition will ever end. It is anxious to use
> >>>>UHF Ch.
> >>>>55 for its nationwide mediacast network, an enterprise that plans to
> >>>>launch
> >>>>multiple channels of video and audio to third generation mobile
phones.
> >>>>
> >>>>To jumpstart the new service, Qualcomm has already begun negotiating
> >>>>with
> >>>>broadcasters occupying Ch. 55 to give up the spectrum early.
> >>>>Qualcomm’sfirst agreements are with the owners of WACX-TV in
> >>>>Orlando,
> >>>>and KWDK-TV in Tacoma, WA. The confidential agreements are said to be
> >>>>contingent on the current owners winning FCC permission to stop
> >>>>broadcasting
> >>>>on Ch. 55 and to operate digital-only on Ch. 40 in Orlando and Ch. 42
> >>>>in
> >>>>Tacoma.
> >>>>
> >>>>Qualcomm created a subsidiary called MediaFLO after paying the federal
> >>>>government $38 million in an auction last summer for future nationwide
> >>>>rightsto channel 55. However, it can’t use the spectrum in areas
> >>>>where
> >>>>a broadcaster still occupies the spectrum or where it would cause
> >>>>interference with stations on adjacent channels.
> >>>>
> >>>>The name MediaFLO is derived from Qualcomm’s Forward Link Only
> >>>>(FLO)
> >>>>technology for content aggregation, delivery and viewing. The network
> >>>>will
> >>>>support 50-100 national and local content channels using the 700MHz
> >>>>spectrum,including up to 15 live streaming channels and numerous
> >>>>clip-cast
> >>>>and audio channels.
> >>>>
> >>>>T
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>
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