Re: [Repeater-Builder] OT- Digital TV converter box issues- You can stop the thread now
The certainty of pushing it back is high? Your post is a bit contradictory. Unless Congress mandates that broadcasters keep both analog and digital active, my money is going to be on analogs shutting down voluntarily as a cost saving measure. It costs a lot of money to keep a full power TV transmitter running. They can auction whenever they want. Chuck WB2EDV - Original Message - From: TGundo 2003 tgundo2...@yahoo.com To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 2:49 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] OT- Digital TV converter box issues- You can stop the thread now Insider info- Just got done talking with someone with some intresting inside info... The certainty that the DTV cutoff date is HIGH (I would put your money on it). And, I hear the word on the street is they are going to push it back 3 years
Re: [Repeater-Builder] OT- Digital TV converter box issues- You can stop the thread now
My statement was mis-worded a bit. I apologize for that Chuck, was busy at the office...rush rush type. Didn't proof read that one well. I agree it will cost a lot to keep two on the air and they will not be happy about it... But who will want the bad PR of shutting down analog first and not caring about the lower class who cannot afford new tv's or converter boxes??? You know the press local politicians would have a field day with that. Don't get me wrong, I'm still all for shutting down the analogs. Let's turn the page. If I had to guess, If it came down to it I could see Fox shutting it down first. And don't put it past Congress to mandate they keep both on the air. I'm here in Illinois have yet to be suprised what Government will do (Look at our Governer... Though it is fun to watch, you couldn't make this stuff up. Sad, But fun.) Tom W9SRV --- On Fri, 1/9/09, Chuck Kelsey wb2...@roadrunner.com wrote: From: Chuck Kelsey wb2...@roadrunner.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] OT- Digital TV converter box issues- You can stop the thread now To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, January 9, 2009, 6:20 PM The certainty of pushing it back is high? Your post is a bit contradictory. Unless Congress mandates that broadcasters keep both analog and digital active, my money is going to be on analogs shutting down voluntarily as a cost saving measure. It costs a lot of money to keep a full power TV transmitter running. They can auction whenever they want. Chuck WB2EDV - Original Message - From: TGundo 2003 tgundo2...@yahoo.com To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 2:49 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] OT- Digital TV converter box issues- You can stop the thread now Insider info- Just got done talking with someone with some intresting inside info... The certainty that the DTV cutoff date is HIGH (I would put your money on it). And, I hear the word on the street is they are going to push it back 3 years Yahoo! Groups Links
Re: [Repeater-Builder] OT- Digital TV converter box issues- You can stop the thread now
The fines for keeping a station's analog transmitter going beyond the DTV transition date are far less than the ad revenue a station can make on that analog transmitter, reaching homes that competitor stations in the market that are digital-only can't deliver to because Joe Public procrastinated and still has analog-only television sets... Broadcast stations live and die by advertisers - the cost of operating a station, coupled with the enormous expense of network programming, is ginormous... I can honestly say I've seen profit/loss projections using the keep analog on, pay fines later model from one of our local broadcasters... The point of holding off until the economy turns around, let alone having a lender finance the auction winner's purchase, is both rational and, unfortunately, likely. 73s, AJ, K6LOR On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 8:48 PM, TGundo 2003 tgundo2...@yahoo.com wrote: My statement was mis-worded a bit. I apologize for that Chuck, was busy at the office...rush rush type. Didn't proof read that one well. I agree it will cost a lot to keep two on the air and they will not be happy about it... But who will want the bad PR of shutting down analog first and not caring about the lower class who cannot afford new tv's or converter boxes??? You know the press local politicians would have a field day with that. Don't get me wrong, I'm still all for shutting down the analogs. Let's turn the page. If I had to guess, If it came down to it I could see Fox shutting it down first. And don't put it past Congress to mandate they keep both on the air. I'm here in Illinois have yet to be suprised what Government will do (Look at our Governer... Though it is fun to watch, you couldn't make this stuff up. Sad, But fun.) Tom W9SRV --- On Fri, 1/9/09, Chuck Kelsey wb2...@roadrunner.comwb2edv%40roadrunner.com wrote: From: Chuck Kelsey wb2...@roadrunner.com wb2edv%40roadrunner.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] OT- Digital TV converter box issues- You can stop the thread now To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.comRepeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, January 9, 2009, 6:20 PM The certainty of pushing it back is high? Your post is a bit contradictory. Unless Congress mandates that broadcasters keep both analog and digital active, my money is going to be on analogs shutting down voluntarily as a cost saving measure. It costs a lot of money to keep a full power TV transmitter running. They can auction whenever they want. Chuck WB2EDV - Original Message - From: TGundo 2003 tgundo2...@yahoo.com tgundo2003%40yahoo.com To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.comRepeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 2:49 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] OT- Digital TV converter box issues- You can stop the thread now Insider info- Just got done talking with someone with some intresting inside info... The certainty that the DTV cutoff date is HIGH (I would put your money on it). And, I hear the word on the street is they are going to push it back 3 years Yahoo! Groups Links
