[opendtv] Re: Some VHF updates
- From: "Tom McMahon" <tlm@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "OpenDTV" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 5 May 2010 15:38:10 +0000
Not to speak for Terk et all but how about improved antennas these days? BTW -
while I use cable in my LR, I use my roof antenna for the kitchen, and living
in So Cal I keep the roof in case of emergency.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Schubin <tvmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 04 May 2010 20:23:49
To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [opendtv] Re: Some VHF updates
I'm afraid I must be very dense.
Your post began by indicating that broadcasters want to radiate more
power. Not counting filing expenses and more powerful equipment, the
increase will, at the very least, raise their electricity bills. Now
you say they don't care about their off-air coverage.
To me, the two concepts do not add up.
TTFN,
Mark
On 5/4/2010 8:15 PM, Albert Manfredi wrote:
> Mark Schubin wrote:
>
>
>>> They probably lost a lot of people in the
>>> meantime, to cable or DBS, but then again,
>>> the stations probably prefer it that way.
>>>
>> Please explain why broadcasters would prefer
>> to lose audience to cable or DBS.
>>
>
> It's because the major network affiliates can demand a percentage of the MVPD
> subscriber fee, per household, per month, making more revenues than they
> supposedly do from just the OTA ads. It's not like people can't get their
> signal, even if they don't get it OTA.
>
> And the must-carry stations, which aren't able to extract anything back from
> the MVPD subscription fees, still benefit in the sense that they can get
> lazier about the adequacy of their RF coverage. They use the must-carry rule
> to piggyback on someone else's distribution pipe.
>
> Craig has been saying this for a long time. I think he may be correct on
> this, simply because broadcasters seem loathe to advertise anything about
> their OTA signals, or even to make the best use of their OTA channel. OTA use
> is entirely left to the resources of the most stubborn consumers. Possibly,
> maybe, something might change in this regard, but only with respect to M/H
> users, is my bet.
>
> Bert
>
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