First I would like to point out that number of 70 million people who get their television from rabbit ears or roof top ant. is a complete fabrication. that means that roughly 1 in every 7 people do not have cable or satelite? The actual number is probably closer to 700,000 than 70,000,000. The research would be pretty easy take all the service providers numbers add them together and then subtract them from 100,000,000 (population divided by 3 to set for families). Just take a drive through a rural area (pick West Virginia or North Dakota) and count the percentage of houses without a dish. You will find that number is less than 30 %.
The main point I want to make is that they are approaching this from the wrong angle. They are putting the burden on the consumer. They need to put the burden on the manufacturers and service providers. They need to stick to the date of New Years 2006 for the requirement of the stations to have their HD broadcast up. If they don't take away their liscense.
The 2 other steps they need to address are education and the supply chain. They need to set a date about a year from now, lets say June 1 2006 to be the last day for the manufacture or importation of televisions with an analog tuner unless the television also has a digital tuner. That will begin to bleed the supply of analog only sets out of the population. This will slowly deplete the number of people with an analog only set as the life span for televisions isn't that great any more.
The second step is education. They need to require that all stations that have an FCC liscense broadcast 2 Public Service announcements explaining the date of the swtich and the reasons for it. One of these announcements would have to be during Prime Time Television.
The final step would be setting a realistic date for the end of the analog broadcast. I believe the date of January 1 2011 would be perfect. This would be 5 years from the date of the last analog only broadccast, and would allow for ample time for the bleeding of all the analog only sets.
This would address the real issue: People do not understand anything about this law. The average person doesn't understand what digital TV or High Definition TV is. Most people who have digital cable or satelite think they have High Definition service. This plan would make sure that everyone had a better understanding, and would put the burden on the large companies that control the television instead of the individuals.
If anyone in the FCC or congress is reading this feel free to have my ideas. I believe ideas and thoughts are free despite what larget corporations would lead you to believe.
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Not that this really suprises me teh whole network has gotten terrible. I guess just a guarantee they will never get my viewership back
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First I would like to point out that number of 70 million people who get their television from rabbit ears or roof top ant. is a complete fabrication. that means that roughly 1 in every 7 people do not have cable or satelite? The actual number is probably closer to 700,000 than 70,000,000. The research would be pretty easy take all the service providers numbers add them together and then subtract them from 100,000,000 (population divided by 3 to set for families). Just take a drive through a rural area (pick West Virginia or North Dakota) and count the percentage of houses without a dish. You will find that number is less than 30 %. The main point I want to make is that they are approaching this from the wrong angle. They are putting the burden on the consumer. They need to put the burden on the manufacturers and service providers. They need to stick to the date of New Years 2006 for the requirement of the stations to have their HD broadcast up. If they don't take away their liscense. The 2 other steps they need to address are education and the supply chain. They need to set a date about a year from now, lets say June 1 2006 to be the last day for the manufacture or importation of televisions with an analog tuner unless the television also has a digital tuner. That will begin to bleed the supply of analog only sets out of the population. This will slowly deplete the number of people with an analog only set as the life span for televisions isn't that great any more. The second step is education. They need to require that all stations that have an FCC liscense broadcast 2 Public Service announcements explaining the date of the swtich and the reasons for it. One of these announcements would have to be during Prime Time Television. The final step would be setting a realistic date for the end of the analog broadcast. I believe the date of January 1 2011 would be perfect. This would be 5 years from the date of the last analog only broadccast, and would allow for ample time for the bleeding of all the analog only sets. This would address the real issue: People do not understand anything about this law. The average person doesn't understand what digital TV or High Definition TV is. Most people who have digital cable or satelite think they have High Definition service. This plan would make sure that everyone had a better understanding, and would put the burden on the large companies that control the television instead of the individuals. If anyone in the FCC or congress is reading this feel free to have my ideas. I believe ideas and thoughts are free despite what larget corporations would lead you to believe.
Not that this really suprises me teh whole network has gotten terrible. I guess just a guarantee they will never get my viewership back