[opendtv] Re: Dish offer for Sprint
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:43:27 -0400
On Apr 21, 2013, at 7:32 PM, "Manfredi, Albert E"
<albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Craig Birkmaier wrote:
>
>>> The article was about DBS broadcast to homes, and Dish making
>>> deals with Sprint for Internet distribution. What I responded
>>> with was that the DBS broadcast portion of that model was
>>> essentially becoming unnecessary,
>
>> Sorry Bert, but this is simply wrong on several points.
>
> Will you read the freakin' article? It makes a big deal about retention of
> the satellite broadcast to homes. That's the part I was responding to.
Make up your mind Bert. Above you state that the DBS portion is becoming
unnecessary. Now you say the article makes a big deal about retention of DBS to
the home.
By the way Bert, did you catch the comment from Ergen about using Hopper to
deliver targeted ads via DBS to their subscribers?
>
>> To argue that DBS is becoming unnecessary is to say that ALL
>> MVPDs are becoming unnecessary.
>
> While what you said is obviously true, except for MVPDs that reinvent
> themselves as ISPs, I was very obviously emphasizing the technical question
> of retaining the satellite one-way broadcast signal.
MVPDs all depends on the use of the majority of their "spectrum" to deliver one
way broadcast signals. Cable has the broadband return path that can also be
used to deliver content on demand. DBS cannot do this, unless they add a
terrestrial two-way link such as the one that Dish is trying to buy.
Regards
Craig
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