[opendtv] Re: Genachowski speech at NAB
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 11:04:16 -0500
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
> Truth is that broadcasters allowed another industry to control their
> standard, an industry that is now ready to throw them on the scrap
> heap.
So, Craig, who do you think will control HTML5? Or H.264? Or W-CDMA/WiMAX/LTE?
Or IP, for that matter. Is it going to be Apple? If you want to ensure
interoperability, the underlying connection standards have to exist and have to
be controlled. It's obvious, and it's true for TV, radio, as well as two-way
devices.
The simple fact is, one-way broadcast systems can get by with simpler standards
than can the two-way devices. You seem to feel that everything must do what the
two-way appliances are doing, and if they don't, they are doing everything
wrong.
What Genachowski SHOULD be asking himself is why the FCC is showing such
largesse in assigning separate spectrum to three totally redundant standards --
W-CDMA, WiMAX, and LTE -- and yanking away spectrum from TV broadcasting which
is already sharing the same spectrum slice. The only people who benefit from
this FCC largesse are the various industry forums associated with each of these
three technologies.
Bert
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