Re: TV Namespaces
From: Michael A. Dolan (miked@tbt.com)
Date: Tue, Aug 31 1999
Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19990831170933.007e24b0@cts.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 17:09:33 -0700
To: www-tv@w3.org (WWW TV List)
From: "Michael A. Dolan" <miked@tbt.com>
Subject: Re: TV Namespaces
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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:
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>>Namespace Authority US Intern'l
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>>Callsigns ITU Yes Yes
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>I think the point has been made several times:
>Outside the US, broadcasters generally DO NOT USE CALLSIGNS.
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>The only consistent international use of callsigns is amateur radio.
>
> Harald A
>
>--
>Harald Tveit Alvestrand, Maxware, Norway
>Harald.Alvestrand@maxware.no
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