[opendtv] Re: Community Broadcaster's Association wants converter boxes to handle analog, too!

  • From: "Bob Miller" <robmxa@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:32:33 -0500

I doubt that they will delay the transition before this January's
auction. They want to get the money in the till before they screw the
bidders just like they did with auctions 44 and 49. Sell the spectrum
and then delay the winners access. Bait and switch is OK when the
government does it.

Bob Miller

On Nov 16, 2007 12:33 PM, John Willkie <johnwillkie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> John;
>
> You really have to admire them 'trying' to use jujitsu against the FCC.  I
> don't see a clear 'out' for the FCC on this (at least while analog fstv is
> still operating), but it won't get into court before the end of the
> transition, and even then I suspect the fact that LPTV/tv translator
> stations aren't primary users of their channels will come into play.
>
> I was talking last night with a broadcast engineer who now is working on the
> sell-side.  He was of the belief -- not relating directly to this matter --
> that the analog shutoff would be delayed by the FCC.
>
> I said that I thought there would be some stations disappearing for a few
> days or longer after the analog shut-off due to antenna issues.  I had to
> remind him that under the legislation, the FCC had no ability to permit FSTV
> analog transitions, and all the comments from congresscritters recently
> (Senator Clinton excepted) were about how to help those perceived to be less
> well-off.
>
> One could even say -- in court -- that the CBA's contention is stale; they
> could have participated in the earlier proceedings, and did not, and now
> this train is a-moving.
>
> John
>
> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] En
> nombre de John Shutt
> Enviado el: Friday, November 16, 2007 7:22 AM
> Para: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Asunto: [opendtv] Re: Community Broadcaster's Association wants converter
> boxes to handle analog, too!
>
>
> The NTIA has not made an analog tuner a disqualifying option.  Nor have they
>
> mandated a pass-through switch (like you might find on a VCR.)  They permit
> both.  The rule wording:
>
> "NTIA strongly urges manufacturers to
> take into consideration the needs of
> consumers to receive analog television
> along with digital television in the
> development of CECBs and to
> investigate minimal signal loss solutions
> that would ensure an acceptable analog
> signal pass-through. In the Final Rule,
> NTIA permits that the converter box to
> pass through the analog signal from the
> antenna to the TV receiver."
>
> The All Channel Receiver Act however is an interesting twist, and could be
> litigated for years and put off the Analog cut-off date indefinitely.  After
>
> all, it is the All Channel Receiver Act that the FCC hung their hat on to
> mandate ATSC tuners in any device with an NTSC tuner.  Turnabout may be fair
>
> play in this case.
>
> John
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Willkie" <johnwillkie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
> > http://www.tvnewsday.com/articles/2007/11/15/daily.2/
> >
> >
> >
> > They argue that the STBs violate the All Channel Receiver act if they
> > don't
> > also handle analog, too.
>
>
>
>
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