[opendtv] Re: CEA White Paper
- From: dan.grimes@xxxxxxxx
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 10:12:29 -0700
"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." -Craig Birkmaier
When you say broadcasters have spent millions on the conversion to digital,
I assume you are only accounting for the DTT portion? Adding in the
production equipment, I bet it would be billions. While broadcasters are
not required to convert their productions to digital, I think the biggest
reason they are doing so is to keep production (technical) quality up and
improve workflow efficiency. (but I stray from the topic).
I think it is very hard to compare the finances of OTA with DBS and CATV
since one originates programming and the other only re-transmits it; one is
free while the other is fee based; one must transmit one program stream,
the other must transmit hundreds. The list could go on.
Not that I disagree with Craig's viewpoint.
Dan Grimes
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