[opendtv] DC-BAL DTV Reception
- From: "Hunold, Ken" <KRH@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 16:57:35 -0400
Sorry to hijack the thread, but coincidentally I was in DC earlier in=0D=0A=
the week, and I was trying out my new DTV tuner for my laptop=2E In my=0D=
=0Ahotel room I picked up all the DC stations except 20 (DTV35) and 26=0D=
=0A(DTV27=2E) FYI, I was 4 miles from the 20 tower=2E (Maybe they were=0D=
=0Aright=2E=2E=2E) I also picked up 6 Baltimore DTV stations, but not the =
24 you=0D=0Areferred to=2E Granted, my room was on the 14th floor, but was=
only using=0D=0Aa whip antenna=2E=0D=0A=0D=0AKen=0D=0A=0D=0A-----Original =
Message-----=0D=0AFrom: opendtv-bounce@freelists=2Eorg [mailto:opendtv-boun=
ce@freelists=2Eorg]=0D=0AOn Behalf Of Manfredi, Albert E=0D=0ASent: Wednesd=
ay, July 12, 2006 3:24 PM=0D=0ATo: opendtv@freelists=2Eorg=0D=0ASubject: [o=
pendtv] Re: FW: USDTV Lands in Chapter 7 Bankruptcy=0D=0A=0D=0ADale, thanks=
=2E It helps=2E CW chose to stay on 50 in DC and 54 in=0D=0ABaltimore, both=
of which work=2E It's 20 in DC and 24 in Baltimore, or=0D=0Arather their D=
TT virtual channels, the UPN stations, that do not seem to=0D=0Awork=2E (An=
alog works fine, both of them=2E) So they're getting rid of the=0D=0Acorrec=
t transmitters, IMO=2E=0D=0A=0D=0ASomeone else commented on this, don't rem=
ember where, that you can only=0D=0Areceive UPN 20 DTT if you're within 2 m=
iles of their tower=2E May have=0D=0Abeen an exaggeration, but the point wa=
s clear=2E=0D=0A=0D=0ATom Barry wrote:=0D=0A=0D=0A[USDTV compared with cabl=
e]=0D=0A=0D=0A> But let's not equate local broadcasters competing with the =
idea of the=0D=0A=0D=0A> content cartels owning the national networks compe=
ting=2E The second =0D=0A> group has the power to more easily negotiate wi=
th cable, the first =0D=0A> increasingly does not=2E=0D=0A=0D=0AYes, you ha=
ve a point=2E I should not lump the two in one=2E As long as the=0D=0Anatio=
nal cap exists, though, those content creators are going to have to=0D=0Ade=
pend on the affiliated stations=2E And as long as Congress continues to=0D=
=0Abe confused about the meaning of the 39 percent national cap, that cap=
=0D=0Aain't likely to go away=2E=0D=0A=0D=0ABesides which, cable customers =
would soon crucify the cable company if=0D=0Ait drops any of the OTA statio=
ns=2E It's happened more than once=2E So OTA=0D=0Abroadcasters should have =
nothing to worry about=2E Trust the viewing=0D=0Aaudience (including cable =
subscribers) and trust the content=2E=0D=0A=0D=0ABUT =2E=2E=2E=0D=0A=0D=0AY=
ou do bring up another interesting point=2E If we get rid of the national=
=0D=0Acap, the major networks can directly control, or even own outright if=
=0D=0Athey want, their nationwide OTA network=2E Right? And as you say, the=
se=0D=0Aguys have nothing to fear, because cable depends on them a lot=2E=
=0D=0A=0D=0ASo why isn't this a far better formula to save OTA TV than vagu=
e notions=0D=0Aabout "competitive infrastructure" and an undefined OTA serv=
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