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To: DiViT who wrote (32940)	5/5/1998 3:59:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

Malone want multiplexing and digital tiers....................... multichannel.com How do ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox like the idea? "They love it; they're scared of it," Malone said of the free channel given to broadcasters for HDTV. The issue, he said, is, "How do they tell Congress that they're going to charge for it?" As far as digital must-carry, Malone said, it's still too soon to make any presumptive assessments, but "I want them [the Federal Communications Commission] to tell me exactly what services to take off" in order to make room for any mandated broadcast HDTV services. On the cable side, Malone said, he likes ABC's approach -- 720-progressive-scan format, at 36 frames -- and he added that in order to accommodate Home Box Office's recent plans to go with the 1080-interlace format, TCI will pass the signal through to digital HDTV sets for decoding. - 5/4/98

To: DiViT who wrote (32940)	5/5/1998 4:05:00 PM
From: BillyG	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50808

Related story about "must carry" for DTV. techweb.cmp.com <<The cable industry vented its concerns on Monday about digital TV "must carry" rules during a panel discussion on regulatory issues at the NCTA's Cable '98 conference. The cable industry is united in favoring a market solution to the question of whether cable operators must pass through all broadcast video formats to their customers, including 1,080-line interlaced. Some industry officials even challenged the legality of must-carry regulations, arguing that consumer demand would force cable firms to carry most broadcast channels without a government fiat. "It's probably an issue area that's well left to the private sector," argued Pam Turner, vice president of government relations at the National Cable Television Association (Washington). >>