[opendtv] Re: YouTube goes live
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 13:10:32 -0500
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
> So for a radio broadcaster, the decision to offer a streaming version
> of their content is primarily about two things:
>
> 1. Reaching people when using devices that DO NOT include an AM/FM tuner.
>
> 2. Reaching people who are outside the range of their RF signals.
Same could be done by TV broadcasters. RAI, for example, does this for all of
their channels. In principle, you need to be within Italian territory to
receive these (unless you mess with proxies).
From my perspective, US networks (if not local broadcasters) already do this,
except that they don't stream the shows live. Sometimes I watch shows recorded
on my PVR, other times I watch shows on demand from Hulu or the networks' own
sites.
If the networks did offer live streams over the Internet, I would not assume,
as you do, that this would put the OTA broadcasters out of business. FOR THE
SAME reasons that it has not put the radio broadcasters out of business.
Reasons you went to great lengths to explain.
> Sorry Bert, but 8VSB does not work reliably with mobile devices.
Sorry, Craig, but you are saying that with no proof. You saw Doug Lung's
report. If you can show some credibility that you have done an equal test, let
us see the results.
> We've been through all of this before Bert. Broadcasters have no
> economic basis to compete with the MVPDs.
As I've responded countless times, let the broadcasters decide. Don't tell them
they must fail, and don't force them to fail by yanking away spectrum. Or force
them to fail by effectively mandating that they go to a much more expensive
infrastructure, which was optimized NOT for broadcast, but for two-way wireless.
Bert
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