trparky
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Cleveland, OH
clubs: | WOW!
This has got to be the first smart thing that Kevin Martin has ever said in his entire career!
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TKJunkMail
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Avalon, NJ
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|  Martin FINALLY gets one right
»tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/20090111/···sition_4
"There are options they can do without having to delay to get coupons flowing immediately," Martin said. Congress could give the program additional funding, or eliminate the 90-day expiration deadline on the coupons, he said.
"I'm concerned about a delay in the sense that if you can solve that issue other ways, a delay has actually the potential to confuse consumers," said Martin, a Republican. "All of our messaging has been about Feb. 17 — not just ours — the industry's." Martin FINALLY gets one right.
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Steimes
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join:2002-01-08
Belle Vernon, PA
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| I agree, they need to treat this like a band aide at this point. Get it over with, by this time if they are unprepared two or three months will not make much difference.
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rdmiller
join:2005-09-23
Richmond, VA | I'm confused
I'm confused. Is there a way to white-out the date on all those PSAs. Maybe they can magically change them all to "Coming soon". |
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hottboiinnc
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join:2003-10-15
Cleveland, OH
·Time Warner Cable
·buckeye cable
| I would say yes and no. Yes if its all text. No if its a person talking. They'd have to edit the video and do a voice overlay with the same voice just to correct that. Something that the industry most likely wouldn't pay for. Especially they're getting a nice chunk of new customers (cable) with their New Customer Promotions for people that has never had cable tv or cable services. |
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JSRoman
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Callahan, FL | reply to trparky
Re: WOW!
No way this was Martin. His body has obviously been taken over by an alien with advance mental capacity. |
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Mr Matt
join:2008-01-29
Eustis, FL
·Comcast
·Embarq
|  A delay to DTV will delay for subscription TV.
 Back in the mid 80's Oak Industries owned several Television Stations that offered ON-TV a subscription television service. One thing that no one in the industry mentions is, that in the specification for DTV is the ability for Television Stations to offer subscription TV. Which means that the station must send out a code to unlock your set to receive their Pay TV Programming. That fact was talked up in an article in one of the video magazines in the mid 90's just after the implementation schedule for DTV was finalized. If Kevin Martin does not want the the transition delayed there must be some motive other than to benefit American Citizens. Wait until the day when viewers try to watch a program and see a text message to contact the station to set up an account. That will be the day that DTV turns into Pay TV. Show me your money. |
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trparky
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| reply to JSRoman
Re: WOW!
said by JSRoman  :No way this was Martin. His body has obviously been taken over by an alien with advance mental capacity. Ouch! Zing! LOL |
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scooper
join:2000-07-11
Youngsville, NC | reply to Mr Matt
Re: A delay to DTV will delay for subscription TV.
Tried and failed already.... (USDTV anyone ?) |
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ropeguru
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Bridgeport, WV
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Re: WOW!
said by JSRoman :No way this was Martin. His body has obviously been taken over by an alien with advance mental capacity. Fixed it for you... |
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kamm
join:2001-02-14
Brooklyn, NY
·T-Mobile US
| INDICT Martin, this rotten, corrupt PoS Cheney-boy!
He HAS TO STAND TRIAL if the new Administration wants to get a break from this totally rotten, totally corrupt free-for-all corporatism Bush enforced upon us and brought America to its knees - Martin is A CRIMINAL, HE HAS TO GO TO JAIL, don't let this worm slip away, Obama!
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ISurfTooMuch
join:2007-04-23
Tuscaloosa, AL
| I don't like Kevin Martin, and I won't even start to get into my feelings about George Bush and his administration, but I'd be very curious to know what you think Martin has done that is a criminal offense. Should he be shown the door at the FCC? Yes. Should he be kicked in the rear with a large boot to help him make his exit? Certainly. But should he go to trial? Only if he has committed a crime. If you have any evidence of that, I'd love to hear it. |
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runnoft
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join:2003-10-14
Deerfield, IL
·Comcast
| Even a broken clock...
Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
Kevin Martin gets it right at long last.
And then doth the skies parteth, and the Bush Administration saileth off into the sunset with this as one of its few beneficial claims to historical fame:
Kevin Martin Actually Got One Right
Yank the cord on analog TV in February like the starter on a lawnmower. Kick it to the curb. |
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burgerwars
join:2004-09-11
Northridge, CA | The deadline was set, so keep it.
It would be one thing to mention moving of the deadline if this was several years ago. But with only a month to go, unless the world is going to end without a delay, the deadline should be kept. |
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dcurrey
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2 edits | Reimbursement
And who is going to reimburse the phone companies for the spectrum they purchased and are unable to use.
I may not like the phone companies or the way the auction was handled. Personally they larger companies should have been banned from it. We need more competition but thats another story. They paid for it they have the right to use it without further delay.
You have had a couple years to get he coupons if you haven't done it by now I am sure WalMart will still sell you a unit. Get off your lazy a$$ and buy it.
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53059959
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join:2002-10-02
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Contract
since they already sold off the spectrum, don't they by contract have to shut it off at some point since companies paid for it? |
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| OOPS
I believe you mean analog to digital transition, not
"the February transition from digital to analog television."
as stared in the news blurb |
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TKJunkMail
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Re: Contract
said by 53059959 :since they already sold off the spectrum, don't they by contract have to shut it off at some point since companies paid for it? Yes, at some point. But I don't think it was in any contract between the FCC and the spectrum bidding winners. And, of course, Congress by passing a law can change the terms. A company could go to court, but by the time they would win, the extension period, if granted by Congress, would have long since passed.
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zod5000
join:2003-10-21
Edmonton, AB | If people haven't figured it out by now.
They aren't going to figure it out. Get it done and over with. |
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kamm
join:2001-02-14
Brooklyn, NY
·T-Mobile US
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Re: INDICT Martin, this rotten, corrupt PoS Cheney-boy!
Just a quick list: directly lying to Congress, deceiving Congress by supplying false data, faking official statistics, serving private industrial interests instead of the customers (the very people who indirectly put him there), countless cases of corruption, possible bribery cases etc.
I can probably assemble a list with a dozen different type of documented criminal misconducts.
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