That sucks. I personally feel a lot of stations have done a lot of business planning and the outstanding transition will be a looming cloud until the transition is over with. It introduces more uncertainty into a market that really doesn't need any.
But we have been watching and waiting for this for so many years it is maybe just my own weariness speaking here. It's not as fun anymore and I just want the darn thing done.
- Tom John Willkie wrote:
Tom; Unfortunately, this kind of funny-money scheme is specifically forbidden if one wants to stay within the federal anti-deficiency act. The bureaucrats learn another trick: spend all of your annual budget allocation, even if you waste large parts of it, because if you end up with a surplus, your budget will be cut the following year, since you ended up with more money than you needed to do your job. John Willkie -----Mensaje original----- De: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] En nombre de Tom Barry Enviado el: Friday, January 23, 2009 3:10 PM Para: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Asunto: [opendtv] Re: [opendtv]And I think only a bit more than half the coupons sent out are actually redeemed. If they assumed no more than even 75% of outstanding coupons would be redeemed then it seems they would be safe sending out maybe another 4 million (resulting in < 3M more redeemed) and still be within budget yet no longer have the waiting line excuse for delaying the transition.- Tom Manfredi, Albert E wrote:FreeLists.orgCraig Birkmaier wrote:So far, 24 millions sold, with coupons and outright. That's a pretty huge hit.Where did you get this number?Oops, it was a different thread, in the same time period, which you already responded to: --------------------------- [opendtv] Plenty of DTV converter boxes left, study finds Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:56:12 -0500 http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212901071 After some shortages in the first quarter of 2008, when only 1.3 million converter boxes were sold, retailers made some changes to their supplier roster, Moore said. As a result, shipments of converter boxes increased by 49 percent in the second quarter, another 64 percent in the third quarter and nearly 100 percent in the fourth quarter, according to Moore. "While the Congress works out the last-minute issues surrounding the waiting list for government coupons, the NTIA [National Telecommunications and Information Administration] program has resulted in sales of nearly 20 million coupon-eligible converter boxes," Moore said. "And our research shows that as many as four million additional boxes have been sold to consumers without coupons." --------------------------- Bert----------------------------------------------------------------------You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at- By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the wordunsubscribe in the subject line.----------------------------------------------------------------------You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings atFreeLists.org- By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.----------------------------------------------------------------------You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways:- Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org- By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.
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