Rick
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Waterbury, CT
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The countdown to his first day with AT&T has begun.
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Matt
Take me down to the paradise city
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join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC |  On the surface
On the surface this sounds like a good, pro-consumer pick. Does anyone know where to find any more information about him? |
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Laughing Man
Stand Alone Complex
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join:2008-03-17
Louisville, KY
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| Meet the new boss...
Same as the old boss. While his politics are different from Kevin's, it's a good bet that not too much will change since he's an attorney and willing to share the views of any lobbyist that may come his way. Here's to hoping that I'm wrong and some good does come out of this. |
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | If he's the guy telling Obama to get the DTV transiton delyed I already don't like him.
We'll see though. nice to see he's for helping America get out of being a 3rd world broadband nation. |
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hottboiinnc
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join:2003-10-15
Cleveland, OH
 ·Time Warner Cable
·buckeye cable
| what a reason not to like him. if he doesnt think that we're ready to go DTV then we're not ready.
We would have HSI in the rural areas if more companies would deply. Why not go out and build a WISP in a rural area and by pass the LTE tech that won't be here for another two or three years anyway. |
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Matt
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Jamestown, NC
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said by BF69  :If he's the guy telling Obama to get the DTV transiton delyed I already don't like him. He's also the guy who spearheaded and developed the most successful use of technology by a Presidential candidate ... EVER. Add that together with the fact he is pro net-neutrality and I am (initially) happy with his selection.
And if DTV needs to be delayed, delay it rather than half-assing it. |
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
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said by hottboiinnc :what a reason not to like him. if he doesnt think that we're ready to go DTV then we're not ready. Listen dude we are 35 days away from the transition. Too late to delay. Besides only procrstinators aren't ready. stations have spend BILLIONS getting ready for this transition companies spent 20 BILLION in the FCC auction last year and have a RIGHT to used that spectrum they PAID for on Feb 17th. Anyone suggesting we aren't ready is either ignorant or has an agenda. If some old fart refuses to get a converter box or a new Tv because they are against this, fuck em. |
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
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said by Matt :And if DTV needs to be delayed, delay it rather than half-assing it. Once again 35 days away. Too late. Also we are NOT half assing it. Lots of Chicken Littles out there. In 5 weeks people will notice nothing different. There will not be rioting in the streets because TV went away. |
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TKJunkMail
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Avalon, NJ
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4 edits | reply to Matt
Re: On the surface
said by Matt :On the surface this sounds like a good, pro-consumer pick. Does anyone know where to find any more information about him? He is a lawyer & money guy and not really a technologist though he has been involved in the money & legal affairs of various technology companies.
»www.netcaucus.org/biography/juli···ki.shtml
»findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m···63648146
»arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20···ski.html
»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Genachowski
Genachowski was Chief of Business Operations and a member of Barry Diller's Office of the Chairman at IAC/InterActiveCorp. He had previously served on the Boards of Directors of Expedia, Hotels.com and Ticketmaster.[1]
He is a co-founder of LaunchBox Digital and Rock Creek Ventures. [2] He is also a special advisor at General Atlantic and a member of the Boards of Directors at The Motley Fool, Website Pros, Mark Ecko Enterprises, and Beliefnet.[2]
Genachowski serves as a board member of Common Sense Media, a leading organization seeking to improve the media lives of children and families; and as an advisory board member of Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2). He also recently helped found the New Resource Bank, the country’s first commercial “green bank.” [1]
He is the father of three children and is married to Rachel Goslins, a documentary filmmaker. His parents are immigrants who survived the Holocaust. The views of a venture capitalist who loves him:
»www.avc.com/a_vc/2009/01/this-news-made.html
And the views of the Vallewag Gawker who sees some flaws:
»valleywag.gawker.com/5078744/oba···tech-guy
From what I have read, he looks like he will be another captive of the Hollywood crowd and I would expect the main cause of high cable/sat/telco TV rates(content providers) will get a free ride at the FCC.
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Matt
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| Thanks Tk. Believe it or not, I disagree that he will be in the pocket of Hollywood based on what you posted. He's on the board of some pretty impressive dot com startups that survived ... although he is involved with Ticketmaster ... Ticketmaster is IMHO pond scum. |
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Matt
Take me down to the paradise city
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Jamestown, NC
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Re: Meet the new boss...
said by BF69 :said by Matt :And if DTV needs to be delayed, delay it rather than half-assing it. Once again 35 days away. Too late. Also we are NOT half assing it. Lots of Chicken Littles out there. In 5 weeks people will notice nothing different. There will not be rioting in the streets because TV went away. I'm sorry, but a lot of people think we're not ready. And while I may in fact be a Chicken Little when it comes to this topic, I do know how to read and research a topic that interests me ... which I have done in this case.
A lot of very knowledgable people strongly feel we're not ready for this .. in the Wilmington test market (perhaps 75k people) over 1,000 people called the local stations or the FCC because things went awry. Wilmington had to send the FIRE DEPARTMENT out to help people ... can you imagine what it's going to be like in larger cities who don't have those kinds of resources? Screw 'em though right? They deserve it?
So while the stations might be ready and the technology is out there, there is a very large contingent of people who simply don't understand what all this means. |
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TKJunkMail
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Avalon, NJ
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|  Genachowski's thoughts on censoring rogue boobies ??
»www.broadcastingcable.com/articl···topstory
The news of Genachowski's pending appointment was hailed as a "happy day for those of us who care about media and kids," by Jim Steyer, CEO and founder of Common Sense Media. Genachowski is on the board of Common Sense.
"The choice of Julius, albeit no big surprise, is a superb one on so many levels," Steyer told B&C, "none more important than his understanding of the media/tech world's impact on kids and education."
Under Reed Hundt he pushed for more children's programming and for cleaning up programming. So I will guess he is against rogue boobies and for cleaning up prime time TV.
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JPL
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join:2007-04-04
West Chester, PA
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| reply to Matt
Re: Meet the new boss...
said by Matt :said by BF69 :said by Matt :And if DTV needs to be delayed, delay it rather than half-assing it. Once again 35 days away. Too late. Also we are NOT half assing it. Lots of Chicken Littles out there. In 5 weeks people will notice nothing different. There will not be rioting in the streets because TV went away. I'm sorry, but a lot of people think we're not ready. And while I may in fact be a Chicken Little when it comes to this topic, I do know how to read and research a topic that interests me ... which I have done in this case. A lot of very knowledgable people strongly feel we're not ready for this .. in the Wilmington test market (perhaps 75k people) over 1,000 people called the local stations or the FCC because things went awry. Wilmington had to send the FIRE DEPARTMENT out to help people ... can you imagine what it's going to be like in larger cities who don't have those kinds of resources? Screw 'em though right? They deserve it? So while the stations might be ready and the technology is out there, there is a very large contingent of people who simply don't understand what all this means. If your basis of 'we're not ready' is defined by the fact that some people don't know how to handle this analog shut-off, then we should just shuttle the whole thing right now and forget about EVER going full digital. If you're waiting for every person to be technically literate enough for this transition to go by without someone panicking (who the hell calls the fire department when they're TV goes out?), then just forget the whole thing, because, by that definition, we'll NEVER be ready.
I look to the analog shut-off that Verizon did. They notified us by every means imaginable - fliers in the mail, automated phone calls, e-mails, messages on their site in about a million different places (including a big link off their home page about it), a scroll on one of their cable channels, a message sent to our set top boxes, and even a VOD item that was all about that transition. And guess what? There were STILL people caught off guard! Forget about living under a rock, you had to be living under a mountain to miss this, and yet some people still did. I don't know what else Verizon could have done.
Actually, even if you somehow missed every one of those notifications, they did one final notification (and this IS something I think the FCC should have done as well). When they cut off the TV analog feeds, they didn't shut down analog entirely. For about 10 - 14 days per market, they replaced the analog feed with a red screen of death - a message (on a blood red background) saying in essence 'if you're seeing this message YOU NEED TO CALL US NOW TO GET A FREE DIGITAL ADAPTER!'
I really think the FCC should have transitioned that way too. Cut off the analog TV feeds for about a month. During that month show a 2-minute infomercial on those analog feeds, telling the people who missed the boat what they need to do to get their TV programming back.
Point is, when someone doesn't understand something, they procrastinate on doing anything about it. That's what you're hitting now with this transition - people who don't understand it and are just sitting on their hands (hell, my wife's 93 year-old grandfather knows that this is coming). No amount of delay will correct THAT issue. |
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Austinloop
join:2001-08-19
Austin, TX
| reply to Matt
Was Wilmington fire dispatch that stupid that the fire department was dispatched because people lost TV? I am not sure who is more moronic, the dispatchers or those who called for help.
For at least the past 6 months my area has been bombarded with PSA's, crawls on the screen, etc. How much more does one have to do? Yes, I have helped a person get ready for the change over by getting a converter for them, etc.
Who are the very knowledgable people who fee we are not ready, besides obama and his henchmen? |
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RadioDoc
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| reply to TKJunkMail
Re: Genachowski's thoughts on censoring rogue boobies ??
His board membership at Common Sense Media aside, you can be pretty sure he'll not give two nipples about boobies on television. That was driven by the right-wing religious zealots and their congressional puppets.
I'm reserving my opinion until I get a better handle on where his current interests lie. They appear to be more broadly focused on promoting infrastructure than on content.
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atuarre
Here come the drums
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join:2004-02-14
Lake Charles, LA
clubs: | Goodbye Kevin Martin!
He thought he was going to stay till his term was up, but he'll resign on January 20th, just like the head of the CDC. |
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
2 edits | reply to Matt
Re: Meet the new boss...
said by Matt :I'm sorry, but a lot of people think we're not ready. And while I may in fact be a Chicken Little when it comes to this topic, I do know how to read and research a topic that interests me ... which I have done in this case. And if you are trying to suggest that I don't you have no clue as to who you are talking to.
A lot of very knowledgable people strongly feel we're not ready for this . A lot of "knowledgeable" people where in charge of our financial sytems. How'd that one turn out for the "all knowing"?
in the Wilmington test market (perhaps 75k people) over 1,000 people called the local stations or the FCC because things went awry. That's why it was called a TEST. You're the kind of person that gets a beta version of something then bitches about the glitches. And most of those 1000 people will
A) not have an issue come Feb 17th.
B) are fucking retarded and need to educate themselves.
So while the stations might be ready and the technology is out there, there is a very large contingent of people who simply don't understand what all this means. And that's their own fault.
I'm so tired of people who refuse to educate themselves on stuff then complain. I have a friend who is 6 years younger than me and hell I'm 40 and doesn't hardly know shit about shit technology wise. I'm his computer "expert" and just about everything else electronic. He didn't even know how to properly use his HDTV. His excuse is "I don't know anything about that stuff." I tell him he'll probably live another 40-50 years and he better start catching up before he gets too far behind. That's just the way it is now. The days of just being blissfully ignorant are over. |
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
| reply to atuarre
Re: Goodbye Kevin Martin!
said by atuarre :He thought he was going to stay till his term was up, but he'll resign on January 20th, just like the head of the CDC. He term on the FCC board isn't up just his term as head of the FCC. He'll still get a vote he just won't be in charge. whether or not that enough for him is up to him. |
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RadioDoc
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join:2000-05-11 | reply to Rick
Re: BYE KEVIN!!!
Yeah, wait until he starts pressing the cablecos on that pesky open network agenda of his. You'll be a-partyin' all night. 
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RadioDoc
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Re: Meet the new boss...
Hold on for a sec. I need a longer lens to still see the relevance of your argument from here. Be right back...
As for the DTV transition, there are always people who wait until two minutes past the last second. It happens with hurricanes, it happens with blizzards and it happens with things like this. Give it a rest.
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