[opendtv] Re: Obama Asks Congress to Delay DTV Transition
- From: "John Willkie" <johnwillkie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 15:11:37 -0800
And, people will lose jobs at television stations if they delay the
transition, since more than a few stations are paying $20,000 per month in
electricity to keep old transmitters alive. They budgeted that this amount
would disappear on Feb 17. If it doesn't, they will have to lay off people.
Actions have consequences. Tripping up plans to appease a few loud laggards
(and the luddites at the Consumer's Union) will have consequences.
People can prevent the loss of ota television by paying $80, plus perhaps an
antenna. Jobs lost in broadcasting will not be so easy to prevent if the
transition is delayed, and will probably not be refilled.
John Willkie
-----Mensaje original-----
De: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] En
nombre de Tom Barry
Enviado el: Friday, January 09, 2009 3:07 PM
Para: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Asunto: [opendtv] Re: Obama Asks Congress to Delay DTV Transition
The Obama administration should know that if the transition happens on
schedule then it will be easy to just blame it on the previous
administration. If they put it off it becomes their problem.
- Tom
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