roundtable: Re: universal service and non profit amendments to cable-telco legislation

roundtable: Re: universal service and non profit amendments to cable/telco legislation

Re: universal service and non profit amendments to cable/telco legislation

Warren Walker (Warren_Walker@rand.org)
Wed, 23 Mar 94 12:53:47 PST 

Message-Id: <9403232053.AA21517@austen.rand.org>
To: roundtable@cni.org
Subject: Re: universal service and non profit amendments to cable/telco legislation 
In-Reply-To: Your message of Wed, 23 Mar 94 13:51:09 EST.
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Date: Wed, 23 Mar 94 12:53:47 PST
From: Warren Walker <Warren_Walker@rand.org>

The system used in the Netherlands may sound good on paper, but may not
produce the results you envision.  The following is some information 
from a Dutchman that explains how the system has turned out in practice.

        warren walker
        <warren_walker@rand.org>

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Your message provides an interesting- but only partly realistic -
interpretation of our public broadcasting system. Actually, the 
line of difference between the system and a commercial system 
gets thinner and thinner: Our 'omroepen' have more or less grown 
into semi-commercial organisations which attempt to maintain or 
enlarge their share of time on the networks by programming 
popular series and shows, selling fancy program guides coupled to 
membership, etc. Of course, a few, notably the most Christian 
one, keep using ample TV and radio time for preaching the 
message, but most others compete on program styles rather than 
idealistic ideas.

Wil Thissen <Thissen@sepa.tudelft.nl>

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