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Default OTA broadcasts being phased out?

On Mon, 20 May 2013 14:13:00 -0700 (PDT), klem kedidelhopper
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I have heard from sources, (perhaps not reliable ones) that there has
been talk of phasing out OTA broadcasts in the United States.
Switching just about everything to UHF and making all our tuners
useless was bad enough but this would be the ultimate slap. Has anyone
heard anything to this effect? Lenny


No, but like everything else, it's a conspiracy:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/secret-cartel-keeps-dying-broadcast-144159575.html
https://www.google.com/search?q=broadcast+tv+is+dying

TV really is a "vast wasteland".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasteland_Speech

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