[opendtv] Re: News: Northwest Station Pulls Signal In Retransmission Battle
- From: "Albert Manfredi" <bert22306@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2007 21:56:39 -0500
Tom Barry wrote:
So I assume that if my PCHD cards or other peoples digital cable
ready TV's pick up the HD versions of ABC, CBS, and PBS over Cox
we are not stealing anything.
Somehow I'll bet that local campus cable is the wild card in the
equation killing the need for OTA.
I'm not clear whether Cox in Gainesville offers NBC, CW, and MNT only
encrypted, in digital, or not at all. I assume that, being basically OTA
channels everywhere else, you would be able to receive them on your PCHD
card if the Cox system carried them at all.
So, if this assumption is right, no Fox HD, and no NBC, CW, or MNT in
digital of any type.
From this, I can only conclude that these broadcasters are still not placing
a lot of importance on their digital streams, and figure that the basic
grainy analog version available over the Cox analog tier is all the
Gainesville residents need. Surely, these U of F students of have digital
sets or PC cards for TV?
My expectation is that this situation will change by itself. Those
broadcasters will likely see those CEA figures on digital set sales, and
will either insist that Cox carry them, or they would start threatening to
install their own OTA transmitters.
Is there some sort of Chamber of Commerce you can go to, and throw a temper
tantrum?
Speaking of, I have a request for Mark Aitken. See, the MHz Networks station
is way out west of here, entirely in the "wrong" direction, and I need to
use a VHF omni to pick it up. Not entirely reliable. So would you guys mind
adding France 24 to one of your stations? You could add a third multicast to
either CW 54 or Fox 45 without dropping anything. For instance, send that
instead of the SD version of your 54-1 channel, which is usually or often on
another 54 subchannel.
You would provide this useful service for Baltimore without annoying MHz
Networks. And it does transmit in English after 2 AM UTC.
Bert
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