[opendtv] Re: White paper from CEA
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 11:17:02 -0500
Cliff wrote:
> And might these stations be purposefully carrying
> ethnic and minority programming, specifically for
> people who, for what ever reason, do not have access
> to digital television reception equipment, thus
> creating a new de-facto broadcast medium along
> socio-economic lines?
I really don't see this happening, anymore than
economically disadvantaged people still listening to
LPs because they can't afford a CD player. These are
just not credible scenarios.
After analog shutdown, DTVs will pervade the store
shelves and prices will tumble even faster than now.
The deal with the hispanic station losing 38 percent
of its audience when they shut down analog is very
simply an indication of how too many people fall for
the hype of the trade journals. The stations simply
screwed up, that's all. They didn't do their homework
before assuming their OTA service was superfluous.
That hardly the FCC's fault. It's the station's
fault.
Bert
----------------------------------------------------------------------
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.
Other related posts:
