The Great DTV Heist

Posted by Admin on Wednesday, June 16, 2004 - 06:50 pm:

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You own the airwaves - but the FCC is letting broadcasters rob you blind.

In 1963 a group of 20 people robbed a mail train in Buckinghamshire, England. They got away with the inflation-adjusted equivalent of approximately $70 million though 13 of them were eventually brought to justice.

An even bigger heist now in progress makes the Great Train Robbery pale by comparison. And guess who’s being robbed? You are!

A group of corporate squatters are sitting on something you own - the public airwaves - and may be doing so long after they promised to give a large portion of that spectrum back to the government - your government. In doing so they are looting the U.S. Treasury of hundred of billions of dollars.

OK, this will take some explaining.

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Bruce W Unregistered guest

Posted on Tuesday, June 28, 2005 - 12:41 pm:    Interesting concept. The problem with this scenario is that public airways are not free. You have to BUY a receiver. The company delivering signals has to PAY their employees. Companies PURCHASE advertising. Add launching satellites, sign delivery agreements, reengineer to delivery both digital and High Definition content, market, return a profit to stockholders (I'm NOT one), handle installations, answer complaints, step through changes, etc. It doesn't take long before you relize there ARE costs involved, and someone has to pay the price, as usual the recipient pays either directly or indirectly. It's just directly in the case of Satellite Services.