Richard your produce store experience is an interesting one. I would like to have the option of receiving International news from the BBC, CBC etc as part of my DirecTV subscription. They seem happy to create all kinds of packages for sports and entertainment programs but not for news. I guess this is a reflection of a general lack of interest but it would be nice to think that we might get to the point where there were enough people who would be willing to pay for this kind of service.
SF -------------------------------------------------------- Mr. Sandy Finlayson Director of Library Services & Professor of Theological Bibliography Westminster Theological Seminary Philadelphia, PA 'Nothing makes a man more reverent than a library' Sir Winston Churchill -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Cuff Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 2:43 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Shortwave programming discussion Subject: [Swprograms] OT: Digital TV, OTA TV, Cable,and the BBC (there...satisfied?) This is an interesting (albeit somewhat off-topic) thread so I think it's worth keeping. It will be interesting to see how all this shakes out, because I am in the class of people who are not interested in spending any more for access to high-definition TV than I am already for low-definition analog TV. To me, it's mostly garbage anyway. High definition garbage is worth no more to me than analog garbage. I own no HDTVs today...will probably own one by next February but won't guarantee it. It will be interesting to see what sorts of packages and tiers get offered in this new digital-only world, and what sort of international options are included. I agree with most everyone else that it seems a shame that so few appear to be interested in these alternative perspectives and viewpoints. I remember walking into a produce store here in Allentown a couple years ago that was run by people of Lebanese heritage. They had a TV mounted over some of the shelves, and it was tuned to Euronews. The owner stated how he couldn't stand news from domestic USA sources because of the parochial views taken by those sources, and he was willing to pay for satellite infrastructure to get Euronews. Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 10:52 AM, Kevin Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wanting a non-U.S. viewpoint is exactly what I am after as well. Reports from non-U.S. reporters/stringers filtered through U.S. editors is most definitely not the same. > _______________________________________________ Swprograms mailing list Swprograms@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], or visit the URL shown above. _______________________________________________ Swprograms mailing list Swprograms@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], or visit the URL shown above.