[opendtv] Re: The New Laws of Television
- From: Tom Barry <trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 19:32:14 -0400
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
> People are willing to PAY for the best, and there will be many
ways
> to hook them up with the best content. People are less willing
to pay
> for "Free TV" but more forgiving about the quality of what they
get for "Free."
Gee. That sounds like we should use the spectrum to send free
SDTV over ATSC/MPEG2 at low bit rates and use some of the rest for
a premium proprietary enhancement layer in HDTV/MPEG4/AVC that
also filled in some of the commercial spots with naughty bits.
Actually, this is where I first thought maybe USDTV was heading.
- Tom
> At 7:43 PM -0400 5/22/05, Manfredi, Albert E wrote:
>
>>I think that in this worst case scenario (for
>>broadcasters), broadcast TV would still have a place. At
>>very least, in the distribution of real time events.
>>News, weather, sports, and real-time reality shows. And
>>who knows what other innovative programming that
>>requires real-time mass distribution.
>
>
> I can't say whether this is the worst case or not. I guess dying
> would be worse.
>
> But I do think that Bert has identified some of the areas where
> broadcasters do have an advantage in terms of mass distribution. Put
> this together with the discussion about whether the DTV service
> should be optimized for the Best or for the average, and the answer
> is obvious.
>
> People are willing to PAY for the best, and there will be many ways
> to hook them up with the best content. People are less willing to pay
> for "Free TV" but more forgiving about the quality of what they get for
> "Free."
>
> Funny how real markets work like this.
>
> Regards
> Craig
>
>
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