[opendtv] Re: Comcast Shares Sink on NBCU Speculation
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2009 10:20:58 -0400
At 4:14 PM -0500 10/2/09, Manfredi, Albert E wrote:
Craig used to say that the way to fix US OTA TV is to "separate
content from carriage." I disagreed often with this notion, because
what Craig was advocating was to create a monopolistic "spectrum
utility," where no such monopoly was techincally necessary in the
OTA realm.
Maybe there is a compromise position. Separating content from
carriage seems exactly right in this instance. It is in Comcast's
self-interest to prevent any NBC content from being made available
FOTA. At the same time, the public spectrum is owned by us, the
people, and only entrusted to NBC now, to use as prescribed by law.
Sorry Bert, but we allowed these corporations to establish a market
in the TV spectrum. The public no longer owns it, at least until the
industry collapses and it is no longer possible to sell a TV station.
Then again, the politicians have sold most of the rest of the
spectrum to the highest bidders - we now pay for the use of virtually
ALL of the public spectrum resources.
Regards
Craig
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