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ms.akkineni
ms.akkineni
10/18/2017 12:42:39 PM
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Re: OTA is dead unless someone fixes it
@DHagar:

Good thoughts !

Hybrid is the best way to go at current trend. Reaching to the middle market point ix practically more efasible in majority of the situations as that gives an option of combination of existing and new capabilities.

 

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mpouraryan
mpouraryan
10/17/2017 2:08:49 AM
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Re: OTA is dead unless someone fixes it
Apologies if I'm starting everyone's Tuesday on a sour note (and although it is slightly changing the subject), this one is realllllllllly horrifying folks:
'If your device supports Wi-Fi, it is most likely affected', researcher says.

New Wi-Fi flaw affects nearly every internet-connected device

BY TIM BIGGS

A newly-discovered security flaw affects virtually every Wi-Fi device, and could render your home network as readable to hackers as the free Wi-Fi at a coffee shop.



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afwriter
afwriter
10/16/2017 11:32:36 PM
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Re: OTA is dead unless someone fixes it
I don't think the term would be obsolete but I think FM is definitely antiquated in the tech we carry around with us every day. I still have an old boom box and an emergency radio just in case. 

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afwriter
afwriter
10/16/2017 11:23:59 PM
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Re: OTA is dead unless someone fixes it
@vnewman you are most likely right, but there is an interesting point in this thread about how FM is used for emergency broadcasts. Is corporate greed potentially putting people in harm's way here? 

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mhhf1ve
mhhf1ve
10/16/2017 11:12:01 PM
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Re: OTA is dead unless someone fixes it
How many smartphones have FM radio as a feature? I've never really looked for it. Does anyone have it and use it? I just stream radio stations over a data connection, not directly from FM broadcasting.

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mhhf1ve
mhhf1ve
10/16/2017 10:55:51 PM
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Re: OTA is dead unless someone fixes it
Vnewman, it's not that digital transmissions are "unsafe" but that analog transmissions are more reliable. If you've ever tried to watch digital TV from a station just a bit too far away, you'll notice how badly the reception fails to a blank screen intermittently in a way that makes it difficult to watch. However, I remember back in the analog days, TV stations could travel much farther because people could still see and hear the broadcast through the static and "snow". Digital means you either get the signal or you don't, but analog allows the audience to gets some partial information. That's why analog FM is "safer" -- because the signal travels better.

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vnewman
vnewman
10/16/2017 9:28:06 PM
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Re: OTA is dead unless someone fixes it
@mhhf1ve - I've often wondered about this.  What makes digital unsafe?  I read how Norway was eliminating and FM radio and how emergency broadcasing comes into play.  Do you know?

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vnewman
vnewman
10/16/2017 9:23:22 PM
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Re: OTA is dead unless someone fixes it
@ms.akkineni - My guess would be Apple wants people to use the Radio section in Apple Music if they want to listen to FM.  

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DHagar
DHagar
10/16/2017 6:47:40 PM
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Re: OTA is dead unless someone fixes it
@ms.akkineni, yes.  We have to learn new levels of competition if we truly want to serve and create new markets for new customers.

I believe that possibly that is where we need to think of new models and "hybrids", which will create a feasible middle market option for the consumers where they are and to offer them better choices.  That may be the space for the combined broadcast TV now?

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DHagar
DHagar
10/16/2017 6:45:11 PM
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Re: OTA is dead unless someone fixes it
@mhhf1ve - interesting point!  I view it that Apple, as they always do, wants only to support and relate to their proprietary products and channels.  I think your suggestion is an excellent one, in that they could gain an entire new market by supporting FM and expanding it with the Apple lines.

Maybe when you are the king of the jungle, you no longer need to compete?

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