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Big bang: The coming upheaval in local TV

KeithE4 said:
We who are sports fans are more than willing to spend the money to get the product we want. Our priorities are just fine, thank you.
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I think you might be the only ones who have reasonable priorities.
 
I'm really hoping that stations don't go down the VHF road. Unless you're already in a VHF-only or clearly mixed (V/U) market, in many areas people are buying UHF-only antennas. I have found even with power increases, it is very difficult for me to receive VHF DTV stations with an indoor antenna as I can with UHF stations that are similarly situated. I really like the idea of putting almost all the OTA content up on a satellite either free-to-air or at a very low cost. Conceivably if this would be an all new service, it could be set up as 100% MPEG-4/H.264 from the beginning, which would mean it wouldn't take much satellite space for the national subchannel/diginet feeds.
 
landtuna said:
Local news would be among the least of the reasons I would subscribe to cable (again). There are so many other options - one being the very old fashioned newspaper .
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Very old-fashioned newspapers are going away at a far faster rate than OTA television.
It's a valid point to wonder just how people are going to get their local news if this happens.
The attempt by AOL to set up local "Patch" news websites has failed.
 
FreddyE1977 said:
Very old-fashioned newspapers are going away at a far faster rate than OTA television.
It's a valid point to wonder just how people are going to get their local news if this happens.
The attempt by AOL to set up local "Patch" news websites has failed.
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While it is true that in most large metro areas the duplicity in both morning and afternoon editions have resulted in the demise of the afternoon paper it is not true that newspapers in general are going away at a rapid rate. In my town the newspaper has established relationships with a TV broadcaster and produces both a hard copy and electronic version of the news. The paper itself hasn't changed much although their total subscriptions are down from their peak. I notice all but one of my neighbors still receives the paper.
 
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