Boo-hoo. Now, they'll have to compete in the marketplace, creating compelling content for their virtual channels. A few will, many will not. And, they can run promos on their main channels, something like "watch the new channel your cable company doesn't want you to watch." Tacky, but with existing distribution, it will be effective. Or "Ask your cable company why they won't let you watch the new digital channel your neighbors watch for free with rabbit ears." John Willkie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Schubin" <tvmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Open DTV Forum" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 7:46 AM Subject: [opendtv] The FCC defeated multicast must-carry > http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA502996.html?display=Breaking+News&referral=SUPP > > TTFN, > Mark > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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.