New Technology

[Philip Dorr]

They may be talking about switching over to IPTV or similar transmission system

On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 4:08 PM, Jonathan Hutchins
<hutchins at tarcanfel.org> wrote:
>
> There's some question what the various cable TV carriers and satellite
> companies are going to do when analog broadcasting shuts down.  Since anybody
> watching satellite already has a digital receiver, with analog output if they
> have an analog TV, not much is likely to change for DishNet or DirecTV.
>
> I would imagine that Time Warner won't change - that would mean spending money
> on new equipment, which they don't like to do.  Ditto Comcast.
>
> Everest, on the other hand, is making a big, mysterious fuss about "next
> year", when they're going to "overhaul the system" or "change everything".  I
> think they'd be pretty dumb to ditch every customer who doesn't need to
> replace their analog TV yet, but they don't always do what I consider smart.
>
> Of course, getting a straight answer out of any of these companies about their
> technology strategy over the next ten years wouldn't even be likely for a
> Congressional Commission, let alone local staff.  Us customers are just going
> to take what they give us.