[opendtv] Re: CEA White Paper
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 12:10:16 -0400
At 2:28 AM -0700 10/22/05, Tony Neece wrote:
>Lets please cut to the chase.
>
>
>As far as mandates go, lets not forget the Broadcasters have been mandated
>to spend millions upon millions, starting over 7 years ago, to support the
>digital transition.
>
>Thus I have little patience with the whining over the tuner mandate.
Apples and oranges.
Broadcasters have been pumping money out of the spectrum for more
than 50 years, and for the last 20 they have been getting revenues
from the multi-channel services as well.
The money they have spent on the conversion to digital is little more
than a protection payment to the politicians. Most stations have paid
for this out of operating engineering budgets, or taxpayer money for
most PBS stations. The amount broadcasters have spent is still
measured in million$, while cable and DBS have been spending BILLION$
for their digital upgrades.
If OTA digital broadcasting is so wonderful, and has cost
broadcasters so much, WHY is )it that the ONLY broadcast group to
spend a DIME on promotion has been Sinclair?
When is the last time (or first for that matter) that you have seen
an on-air promotional announcement about the digital transition?
It is the broadcasters who should stop whining and start promoting
the DTV transition.
As usual, they want the politicians to give them even more perks as
the price for making the transition.
Regards
Craig
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