[opendtv] Re: Are ATSC Stations Going Off The Air?

  • From: Mike Tsinberg <Mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 16:33:00 +0000

Yes I had also troubles when I was using DSL with bit rate hovering around 
1Mb/s. However, when I switched to lowest Cable data rate tear around 3.5 Mb/s 
to 4 Mb/s I never had problems with Netflix, iTunes or Skype.

Best Regards,
Mike Tsinberg
http://keydigital.com<http://keydigital.com/>



From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Mark Schubin
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2013 12:22 PM
To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [opendtv] Re: Are ATSC Stations Going Off The Air?

I'm theoretically one of those who has had broadband access for years.  I 
recently tried a Skype call and was told my bit rate was too low for video.

Sometimes it's fine; sometimes it's not.

I don't want it to not be fine while I'm watching.

We're not quite there yet.

And, for outside the home, at the Future Zone at IBC last month, Technische 
Universität Braunschweig offered one of the most-sensible distribution plans 
for putting live mass-appeal programming on mobile devices, an overlay of a 
tower-based broadcast over regular LTE cells.

TTFN,
Mark
On 10/10/2013 12:06 PM, Mike Tsinberg wrote:
Who would plan to use over the air reception if you can pick up more 
programming streaming on line? According to this article 72.4% US households 
have broadband access.

http://www.ntia.doc.gov/blog/2013/household-broadband-adoption-climbs-724-percent


Best Regards,
Mike Tsinberg
http://keydigital.com<http://keydigital.com/>



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Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2013 11:46 AM
To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [opendtv] Are ATSC Stations Going Off The Air?

Is this something we'll see occurring more often in the future, or just an 
anomaly?

http://www.mynews3.com/content/news/local/story/KTUD-Vegas-News-TV/8CW2jy99V0Oj8QekkG3Tlg.cspx?rss=3269



KTUD Vegas TV goes off the air Thursday




LAS VEGAS (KSNV & MyNews3) -- News 3 has learned through a contracted employee 
with KTUD Channel 25 -- Cable Ch. 14 -- will go off the air at midnight 
Thursday night.

The doors will be closed for good on Friday.

Employees were given the bad news in an afternoon meeting.

Vegas TV was purchased by Greenspun Broadcasting in 2004. Recent efforts to 
sell the station for $4 million have failed.

The channel mostly runs syndicated programming such as "Family Guy" and 
"Community."

Efforts to contact the Greenspun organization have been unsuccessful, including 
a call to Brian Greenspun's cell phone. KTUD bosses are not talking, either.

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