It's bad for broadcasters to get what they want. Cable is not the natural strategic alliance to advance the medium. The more must-carry you have, the more it stunts digital broadcast's growth and threatens its future. An opportunistic industry would take the competitive path. But this is not an industry that takes opportunities to transform itself technologically.
TV is the most popular electronic appliance on the globe.
It's a great unexplored market for the microprocessor business. That's going to happen. But the networks are primarily oriented toward cable in terms of their future business. Consequently, the networks, for the most part, are not going to underwrite the digital TV buildout for their affiliates, because they think their future lies down the cable pipe. The TV itself will change, offer many more features.