[opendtv] Re: TV Technology: ONE Media 3.0, Saankhya Labs to do ATSC 3.0 Chipset Development
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2017 02:15:32 +0000
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
Where did you come up with the benevolent dictators crap Bert?
I am advocating for just the opposite. If broadcasters in a
market work together to deploy the new ATSC 3.0 infrastructure,
and make the delivery of bits over that infrastructure available
to ANYONE, a real market is created to replace the oligopoly.
You are replacing multiple broadcasters with one dictator: your spectrum
utility. You think this monopolist would create nirvana.
The broadcasters already exist, they can already rent out some of their
spectrum, or all of it, they already stay lit up 24/7, they can choose to adopt
ATSC 3.0 or use ATSC 1.0 as their own 6 MHz "utility." In short, you are trying
to re-create the single-gatekeeper MVPD model using OTA spectrum. No need. A
single gatekeeper was NEVER needed, for OTA TV service. It is still not needed,
even for a more flexible OTA digital broadcast service.
Bottom line, this may be one of the most offensive and bizarre
paragraphs you have ever written.
What's offensive about saying it like it is? When you keep promoting
anti-competitive ideas, and I explain how they are anti-competitive, rather
than become indignant, you should change your tune. Single gatekeepers are by
definition anti-competitive. If absolutely necessary, so be it. If superfluous,
best do without.
It's like when you become offended when I tell you that you are
demand-inelastic. If you describe your unwillingness to be flexible, then own
it, Craig.
Why would I want to branch out and offer some marginally profitable
services in "my" spectrum,
It's obvious. They would branch out to **net more revenues**. So what are you
claiming here? That your dictator-monopolist would somehow do better? Why would
he do better than individual broadcasters? Do you think the broadcasters are
not in business to make money?
Bert
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