mr. donato i gave awe shot. start with mr.dodge, we'll work our way down and if time we'll get back to you. >> i will take the question, two ways to avoid consumers disrupt ed, allow signal during mechanism for a standstill and i have to say not all that familiar with the niceties of what standstills have and haven't been struck down over the time but the fact of matter if the broadcasters will sit here and wrap themselves in localism as justification for 99% of what they're saying why do they want to take the signal down and disenfranchise consumers at these times? leave the signal up. we're not saying we will not pay during these periods. we have gladly will but don't disenfranchise consumers. >> keep moving. limited time. >> two points. one is that congress actually, i think wisely decided in 1992 to essentially have the marketplace settle these issues. and secondly, where there are problems, frankly, consumers should have more choice. so it is sometimes difficult to change your provider. there were reports, news reports th

mr. donato, we talk about these million or so people who aren't served by anybody. is there a way we set it up where they just -- even with the dma's. we set it up to the one that is most rationally close to them? isn't there a way to start over and do away with the 1972 stuff? if i have my choice of local affiliates on washington, d.c., i would pick the corpus christi local affiliate. >> the 1972 stuff is what was written at the time. no one has updated it. we would be delighted to supply the committee with updated information on it. so you understand what the invitations are, pay penetration in 1972 was less than5%. -- than 5%. now the amount of viewing that goes to cable stations is about 60%, 65%, so there has been a shift. typically, the counties in which it feels like it is irrational that it cannot get the broncos game are large among world counties. -- large, rural counties. we do have split counties. we have split counties in the past. >> my time is up. i have to research whether watching my corpus christi stations on my slingbox is illeg al. >> the gentlem

mr. donato. >> so we measure viewing of television online. we've made an announcement it's a very technical complicated problem. we made an announcement that would solve the technology starting the end of next year, viewership on tablets will also be in the rating. we've got measurement solutions, the business relationships are very, very complicated. as it to my fellow palace to comments, but we do have measurement solutions worked out. >> if i could comment on the 1972 meals a data point, theoretically can change based on viewership in viewership was measured. only one signal is available in the dma. when you check the dealership come you get the same over and over again. in southwest colorado and the albuquerque dma, we propose a albuquerque and anger to the folks in those two counties and that the consumers decide suing mr. donato calls them out, we can say i'm much in albuquerque and lo and behold people down there prefer to buy their chevrolets her mother curt e. some people say it's about are the people to decide that this economy shou