No business model for HDTV, CBC tells CRTC

ah802 · 11-28-2006, 10:41 AM

Globe and Mail reporting on a CRTC hearing...

Speaking at a regulatory hearing being held by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), CBC president Robert Rabinovitch noted that 'There's no evidence either in Canada or the United States that we have found for advertisers willing to pay a premium for a program that's in HD.' In order to cope with infrastructure and programming costs that are roughly 25 per cent higher, Rabinovitch proposes that the CBC start charging cable and satellite companies to carry their signal, and to limit over-the-air transmission.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servl.../Business/home

I can see their point... HD is extra cost, and cable/sat providers get the profits, along with BB.

Slashdot take.

http://slashdot.org/articles/06/11/27/2147232.shtml

11-28-2006, 10:41 AM	#1
ah802 Visual Arts Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,241	No business model for HDTV, CBC tells CRTC Globe and Mail reporting on a CRTC hearing... Speaking at a regulatory hearing being held by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), CBC president Robert Rabinovitch noted that 'There's no evidence either in Canada or the United States that we have found for advertisers willing to pay a premium for a program that's in HD.' In order to cope with infrastructure and programming costs that are roughly 25 per cent higher, Rabinovitch proposes that the CBC start charging cable and satellite companies to carry their signal, and to limit over-the-air transmission. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servl.../Business/home I can see their point... HD is extra cost, and cable/sat providers get the profits, along with BB. Slashdot take. http://slashdot.org/articles/06/11/27/2147232.shtml