[opendtv] Re: News: CEA FORECASTS CONSUMER ELECTRONICS REVENUE WILL SURPASS $155 BILLION IN 2007
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 08:59:11 -0500
At 11:34 AM -0800 1/10/07, John Willkie wrote:
Unfortunately, minimizing the number of broadcast stations has
always been 180 degrees from their mission under the communications
Act. (And, I'm not saying that they always did it well).
Deintermixture, for one, was very stupid, such as saying that
markets like Bakersfield, CA were to be UHF-only was very stupid.
Really?
Mission statements from politicians are almost always misleading.
One must look to their actions, which have been to consistently limit
competition to OTA broadcasters, and to advantage the privileged few
who can get licenses.
There is no better example of this than what is happening in the
mobile TV space. Now that the broadcasters are looking at A-VSB as a
method to compete in the mobile market, the telecommunications guys
are crying FOUL!
"We are paying through the nose for spectrum to deliver advanced
services like mobile TV, and now the broadcasters - who don't pay for
their spectrum - want to compete?"
Regards
Craig
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