[opendtv] Re: CGMS-A issues
- From: Perry Mevissen <perry.mevissen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 15:10:15 +0100
>
> You could imagine broadcasters getting pressure from advertisers to not
> allow commercial skipping and a strict copy-never flag would do this.
> Sure seems it would put a crimp in the DVR market.
>
> - Tom
I have read articles in consumer mags stating that DVRs, Tivo's, PVRs etc
are changing the habit of the home viewers. Owners of such a recorder no
longer look in their printed TV guide what's on television tonight to plan
their evening around it. In stead they check their EPG occasionally if
there is something new to select as favourable. And then they watch daily,
or whenever it suits them, to whatever is residing on their recorder.
So what happens if recording is prohibited by flags ? It is not recorded.
If it were recorded then the in-between commercials would at least reach
the public a little. I mean, I always walk away during commercial blocks
but I still know all the commercials somehow... But if a show is not
recorded at all then home viewers will even see less commercials. In the
end, if a broadcaster frequently prohibits recording ( under pressure or
not ) then I feel viewers may stop viewing this channel at all. At least I
would, because there is plenty of other stuff to watch on my recorder
anyway.
Suggestion:
If they broadcast with just the "No_Further_Copying_Permitted" that would
allow my recorder to put it on the HD and prevent it from burning a copy
on DVD right ? That would be acceptable to me.
Regards,
Perry
PS. Wasn't there some copy protecting broadcaster loosing billions of
dollars, partly due to negative results in their advertising business ?
;-)
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