[opendtv] Re: Echostar make or break
- From: John Willkie <johnwillkie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 17:07:11 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
Barry;
Having read your first post, I saw no reason why you would be eligible under
the SHVERA to receive out of market network stations. I should point out that
this the first time I have ever heard of Echostar following the rules.
What I wanted to hear about is how many receive locations you placed your
external antenna in, how many feet the mast was extended, and you describing
the technician who came out to take signal measurements, and how much you spent
on external antennae that didn't work.
I would offer that the reason you didn't mention any of that is because they
didn't occur. I also didn't hear you mention anything about the availability
of cable in your location. These are all requirements under the SHVERA.
Lacking same, you had no right to out of market signals.
The SHVIA and SHVERA weren't writen, and the rights granted to viewers weren't
granted for those whose signals are interrupted by intervening houses or
structures, or to cure the situation where good signals aren't convenient to
acquire. Clearly, this isn't a good cause to violate contractural rights of
content providers and local stations.
Subsequently, you identified that you aren't happy with the amount of local
programming offered by the stations that you could receive, were you so
inclined. Yeah, you didn't even want to pay for local into local.
I believe you are engaging in rationalization to justify what you want.
Do New York and Los Angeles stations provide more local programming for your
market than do the local stations?
Sorry about your situation, but it sounds like you have little interest in
acquiring the missing signals.
John Willkie
-----Original Message-----
>From: Barry Brown <barrysb@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Sep 5, 2006 4:55 PM
>To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [opendtv] Re: Echostar make or break
>
>Bert,
>
>I would only be too happy to buy into LIL if the locals offered some
>worthwhile programming for my community. First, living some distance
>from the metro hub, there is little news or feature coverage about
>my town even though it's one of the major tourist attractions on the
>east coast. Second, just a few local commercials they air are about
>the in-town merchants. Third, being a high-cost "repeater station"
>for network programming, IMHO, is not a good business plan in this
>day and age, particularly when so called "cable programming" is
>getting so much better.
>
>In my opinion, what we need are just a few local stations that
>provide 24/7 programming unique to this entire DMA, not just the
>metro area. They compete with all the other programming services on
>an even playing field and thus let the national feeds come direct
>from the service provider just as Echostar wanted to do in the first
>place. Then I would subscribe to the locals just as I subscribe to my
>community newspaper.
>
>Barry
>
>Albert Manfredi wrote:
>
>I think it *is* working. The correct answer was supposed to be "yes,"
>when Barry was asked about buying the local into local service. The
>waiver only counts when DBS doesn't have LIL service for a market.
>
>That's what I was wondering the other day. Why does EchoStar continue to
>offer networks from NYC, if they have spectrum available for local into
>local? Evidently, there are folks like Barry who don't want local
>broadcaster content at all. And that's exactly what the problem is, from
>the local broadcasters' point of view.
>
>Bert
>
>
>
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