Smith: Death of 8-VSB is only matter of time.(Brief Article)

Broadcasting & Cable, February, 2000 by McConnell, Bill

Sinclair Broadcasting Chairman David Smith was a model of conciliation after the FCC threw out his controversial request to augment the digital TV transmission standard with one that works better with inexpensive indoor antennas. On Feb. 7 Smith said he was "grateful" to the FCC for recognizing a problem with the 8-VSB modulation standard selected for the U.S.

by the Advanced Television System Committee and that his engineers "look forward" to working with the government and the TV industry to improve today's system. But don't get the idea that Smith, whose Baltimore-based group operates 54 stations, is backing away from his fight to switch the U.S. to the COFDM modulation. In fact, Smith predicts that now that the FCC has pledged to conduct...

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