[BC] How the industry says it

[Phil Alexander]

On 19 Oct 2005 at 6:49, Barry Mishkind wrote:

> At 06:01 AM 10/19/2005, Phil Alexander wrote
> >I heard a few spots on radio about a month ago urging listeners
> >to write their congress critters urging them to help "first
> >responders" by moving all TV to the new (and lots of other
> >favorable adjectives) digital HDTV so first responders could
> >use the frequencies.
> 
>          Ah .. so they can use their power
>          to lobby for the "first responders"
>          but not for the industry.
> 
>          Must be something about competition, right?
> 

Maybe more about how little they really intend giving the 
public safety sector vs. the amount they intend to auction
to the highest bidder after "stealing" it from the public
and forcing them to buy a STB to continue using OTA TV.
The spots I noticed were on less than a week.


Phil Alexander, CSRE, AMD
Broadcast Engineering Services and Technology 
(a Div. of Advanced Parts Corporation) 
Ph. (317) 335-2065   FAX (317) 335-9037





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