I heard a short news spot done by the "Digital Goddess" Kim Komando yesterday, and she states that due to the depressed economy, and viewers disgust at having to pay for many more channels than they want or need, that many TV viewers are re-discovering OTA TV.
With the increased channel count in almost all markets, people are finding programming that simply is not available on other programming outlets, and until recently, they never even knew it existed.
Now this seems to be in direct conflict to what those who want to steal the spectrum are reporting, but is that really a surprise? In addition to the "Digital Goddesses" report, in which she does not state her source for this information, a lot of antenna manufacturers are reporting record sales, as well as industry experts reporting increased viewership for OTA TV, so just who's numbers should we believe?
It should certainly not the Nielson numbers, since it is a fact known in the industry that they are not accurate, especially in diary markets, and Nielson seems to sway towards those who want to steal our spectrum, but even that should be no surprise to most of us except "BITCHER", who still says that everything is OK as long as big business gets its way, and the consumer has to always suffer. That's right, lets let the greed factor decide what the market will bear, not true market demand, as that business and marketing concept is a thing of the past.
I stated the economic aspect of that on this forum several times in the past, based on industry reports, and just simple plain old common sense. Who in their right mind would make a choice between pay TV, as opposed to heat for their homes or food on the table?
Unfortunately, we are fighting a force that is much bigger than we could ever realize. Big business like the Broadband industry has been writing its own laws that benefit themselves for the last 25 years or so. We will never defeat the policies of bribery, corporate favors, free corporate provided trips and other perks, and all of the other unethical practices of the "New Method" of governing the people, even though there is nothing really new about it except the intensity level and the huge dollar amounts that go unnoticed under the proverbial table.
The OTA broadcast industry is relatively small compared to the financial power and influence that the broadbanders carry with their very large fists full of dollars that you provide them with every time you pay your Cell phone or Mobile Internet monthly fees. We will never compete with the greed for the almighty dollar, and political corruption and bribery has always proven to be the best leverage for big business to get what it wants.
This, in reality is how our Government works, and only those such as "Bitcher" who think it is OK to take from those who actually earn their existence, and give it to those who do nothing to earn their daily existence, that think this is a fair and equitable system.
In closing, I would like to start a poll asking "Do you think OTA viewership is increasing or decreasing, and why"? but I really don't know how to start a poll on here, so someone else may want to take on that task. If a poll does get started, and you do participate, please quote sources, or state what facts you base your beliefs upon.
With the increased channel count in almost all markets, people are finding programming that simply is not available on other programming outlets, and until recently, they never even knew it existed.
Now this seems to be in direct conflict to what those who want to steal the spectrum are reporting, but is that really a surprise? In addition to the "Digital Goddesses" report, in which she does not state her source for this information, a lot of antenna manufacturers are reporting record sales, as well as industry experts reporting increased viewership for OTA TV, so just who's numbers should we believe?
It should certainly not the Nielson numbers, since it is a fact known in the industry that they are not accurate, especially in diary markets, and Nielson seems to sway towards those who want to steal our spectrum, but even that should be no surprise to most of us except "BITCHER", who still says that everything is OK as long as big business gets its way, and the consumer has to always suffer. That's right, lets let the greed factor decide what the market will bear, not true market demand, as that business and marketing concept is a thing of the past.
I stated the economic aspect of that on this forum several times in the past, based on industry reports, and just simple plain old common sense. Who in their right mind would make a choice between pay TV, as opposed to heat for their homes or food on the table?
Unfortunately, we are fighting a force that is much bigger than we could ever realize. Big business like the Broadband industry has been writing its own laws that benefit themselves for the last 25 years or so. We will never defeat the policies of bribery, corporate favors, free corporate provided trips and other perks, and all of the other unethical practices of the "New Method" of governing the people, even though there is nothing really new about it except the intensity level and the huge dollar amounts that go unnoticed under the proverbial table.
The OTA broadcast industry is relatively small compared to the financial power and influence that the broadbanders carry with their very large fists full of dollars that you provide them with every time you pay your Cell phone or Mobile Internet monthly fees. We will never compete with the greed for the almighty dollar, and political corruption and bribery has always proven to be the best leverage for big business to get what it wants.
This, in reality is how our Government works, and only those such as "Bitcher" who think it is OK to take from those who actually earn their existence, and give it to those who do nothing to earn their daily existence, that think this is a fair and equitable system.
In closing, I would like to start a poll asking "Do you think OTA viewership is increasing or decreasing, and why"? but I really don't know how to start a poll on here, so someone else may want to take on that task. If a poll does get started, and you do participate, please quote sources, or state what facts you base your beliefs upon.
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