- From: Michael A. Dolan <miked@tbt.com>
- Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 17:09:33 -0700
- To: www-tv@w3.org (WWW TV List)
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Harald- I've never been to Norway, but I bet your TV stations all have ITU- legal callsigns. However, even in the US, most folks couldn't tell you what they are for a given Broadcaster. They are most commonly refered to as "Channel X", or by their Network Affiliation, "The XYZ (network) Station". So, the lack of marketing presence for them may diminish their usefulness in practice by humans, but doesn't invalidate the namespace itself. FYI, callsigns for TV are common in Mexico and Canada. So, minimally it is at least a North American Continent thing. Mike At 12:26 AM 9/1/99 +0200, Harald Tveit Alvestrand wrote: >At 08:07 31.08.99 -0700, Michael A. Dolan wrote: >>- >>Namespace Authority US Intern'l >>- ---------------------------------------------------------- >>Callsigns ITU Yes Yes > >I think the point has been made several times: >Outside the US, broadcasters generally DO NOT USE CALLSIGNS. > >The only consistent international use of callsigns is amateur radio. > > Harald A > >-- >Harald Tveit Alvestrand, Maxware, Norway >Harald.Alvestrand@maxware.no > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP for Personal Privacy 5.0 Charset: noconv iQA/AwUBN8xuvCl9dIG/haQGEQI+cACfcSGklk/fzMfkULznR8tJglxseXcAnAnV 4edkm0tQywDMgVtZSaZmoOCt =FrVa -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------ Michael A. Dolan, Representing DIRECTV, (619)445-9070 PO Box 1673 Alpine, CA 91903 FAX: (619)445-6122
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