Why I like Mark Cuban

Sat, Feb 26, 2005 with tags freedom

Mark Cuban takes a lot of crap from people for being a little out there. He reminds me a bit of Howard Dean, he’s doing things to shake people up and get them off their comfortable asses. He’s not only the owner of the Dallas Mavericks, but also is a major player in the migration to HDTV. Last week he wrote a great article about why FCC should call the broadcater’s bluff.

To sum it up, HDTV is out of the bag. It’s big business. The content producers will not stop broadcasting in HDTV if they don’t get their crappy little flag. The flag is anti-consumer, and Mark is proud to say that his production companies aren’t going to use it. So the flag is of great value for him, not because it will protect his content, he’s smart enough to realize that you can’t, but because his stuff won’t use it and it will make the consumers happy. Cheers for him.