HDTV degradation, multicast carriage: Same old tune, just more bitter
October 7th, 2006Cable and broadcast lobbyists got all huffy with each other this week about two lingering issues in the transition to digital TV that affect cable households:
• HDTV downconversion (cable operators compressing local stations’ awe-inspiring high-definition signals until they look like old Mannix reruns); and
• multicast must-carry (broadcasters’ scheme to grab multiple cable channel slots per station).
But nobody is saying anything new.
• Link: Broadcasting & Cable