The F.C.C. Has Voted: A Digital Tuner for Every TV.
The television industry, and the television manufacturers are complaining that this will add $250 or more to the cost of a set. I guess I just don’t believe it. Short term it might be expensive, but short term digital satellite receivers were expensive as well. We’re now on the third or fourth generation of those products, and the satellite industry is doing just fine, thank you very much!
Digital TV is excellent, whether it’s cable or satellite. The broadcasters should get aboard, or they will be obsoleted by other delivery mechanisms.
Alec Saunders is the Vice President of Developer Relations for BlackBerry make Research in Motion. This is his personal blog, with his personal viewpoints. Prior to this Alec was the CEO and co-founder of Calliflower — the easiest way to hold a meeting, online, on a conference call, or on the go. A double-decade veteran of product management and marketing, he spent nine years at Microsoft where he helped launch Windows 95, the first two versions of Internet Explorer, the Universal Plug and Play initiative, the push into home markets, opt-in email marketing and what might well go down in history as the very first direct email list ever.
