[opendtv] Re: NTSC Cutoff Date
- From: William Smith <wsmith@xxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 08:26:04 -0400
But Nat if you replace the NTSC receiver with a DTV receiver and RF
modulator (at station expense) you can then move those cable customers
to the "digital" pile and get closer to the analog shutdown. I think
that stations shouldn't fight the shutdown but instead race toward it.
The cost of operating dual plants is a tremendous expense most small
market stations or pub casters can't stand for long. We have also had a
large jump in prices for analog transmitter parts for transmitters less
than 5 years old.
William Smith
KET
nat ostroff wrote:
> To clarify my last transmission. The count for NTSC receiving Head Ends
> should only be those that get the NTSC signal via an off air feed. I think
> it is still a large number and it should be able to be determined with a
> little phone work in each market. Feeding the head end with fiber or
> microwave is thus counter productive to the broadcasters position.
>
> Nat Ostroff
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "nat ostroff" <nostroff@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 9:35 PM
> Subject: [opendtv] Re: NTSC Cutoff Date
>
>
>
>>Ahh, the off air feed. If the FCC wants to count all Digitally received
>>signals at the head end of a cable company as serving the subs with a
>>digital signal even if it is delivered in the form of good old NTSC then
>>they should be forced to count all of the subs who get their cable signal
>>from a head end that is fed with NTSC as being served with an off air
>>signal. That should change the satisitcs to well below the 85% trigger
>>level. Is it not time for the broadcasters to make that point?
>>
>>This is Mark Aitkens idea and I think it is a good one.
>>
>>Nat Ostroff
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