On Dec 25, 2:50Â*am, RHF wrote:
On Dec 24, 6:33Â*pm, IBOCcrock wrote:
On Dec 24, 12:56�pm, RHF wrote:
On Dec 24, 3:08�am, IBOCcrock wrote:
"iBiquity signals the end of NAB's satellite radio merger opposition"
"This is, in other words, a Hail Mary pass designed to achieve an 'if
we can't beat em, join em' outcome. This is the best indication yet
that HD Radio's progress with the Detroit automakers is in trouble,
folks... If iBiquity's argument was to compel the FCC - and I really
doubt it will - it would be a smart and easy way to introduce HD radio
to tons of new cars as standard equipment, by piggybacking off the
blood, sweat, tears, deals, and dollars of the satellite radio
industry. Nice try, but don't count on it."
http://www.hear2.com/2007/12/in-every-challe.html
DOH ! - I B OC'D and Half Crocked Once Again You Got It Wrong !http://groups.google.com/group/hd-ra...6b5c8de38a1e08
In Fact the actual Title of the Article Reads :
iBiquity Signals The End of NAB's Satellite Radio Merger Oppositionhttp://www.hear2.com/2007/12/in-every-challe.html
The whole intent of this action by iBiquity is to 'gain'
"Leverage" with the Automakers to make IBOC "HD" AM&FM
Radios 'Standard' OEM Equipment on all new Cars and Trucks
sold in the USA. �The Financial 'linkage between the US
Automakers and XM/SIRIUS Satellite Radio providers is a
natural Anti-Trust Monopoly situation for iBiquity to
Exploit. �Once any Automaker makes XM/SIRIUS Satellite
Radios 'Standard' OEM Equipment on any new Cars and
Trucks sold in the USA : iBiquity Can Take Them To Court
-and- IMHO Win !
After All "Free" Over-the-Air AM&FM Radio In-Your-Car is
a 'basic' Human Right in the USA and Most-of-the-World.
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hy dee ray-dee-oh ~ RHF
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The FCC's giveaway to iBiquity/HD Alliance is a monopoly.The same can
be said for standard in-dash HD Radio. Ford making Sync standard/
optional, without including HD Radio, could also be considered a
monopoly. The FCC has made it clear that it is up to the marketplace
to determine the fate of HD Radio, not regulatory schemes:
"Digital Audio Broadcasting Systems and Their Impact on the
Terrestrial Radio Broadcast Service "
15. We will not establish a deadline for radio stations to convert to
digital broadcasting. Stations may decide if, and when, they will
provide digital service to the public. Several reasons support this
decision. First, unlike television licensees, radio stations are under
no statutory mandate to convert to a digital format. Second, a hard
deadline is unnecessary given that DAB uses an in-band technology that
does not require the allocation of additional spectrum. Thus, the
spectrum reclamation needs that exist for DTV do not exist here.
Moreover, there is no evidence in the record that marketplace forces
cannot propel the DAB conversion forward, and effective markets tend
to provide better solutions than regulatory schemes.
16. iBiquity argues that in the early stages of the transition, the
Commission should favor and protect existing analog signals. It states
that this could be accomplished by limiting the power level and
bandwidth occupancy of the digital carriers in the hybrid mode. At
some point in the future, when the Commission determines there is
sufficient market penetration of digital receivers, iBiquity asserts
that the public interest will be best served by reversing this
presumption to favor digital operations. At that time, broadcasters
will no longer need to protect analog operations by limiting the
digital signal and stations should have the option to implement all-
digital broadcasts. We decline to adopt iBiquity's presumption policy
because it is too early in the DAB conversion process for us to
consider such a mechanism. We find that such a policy, if adopted now,
may have unknown and unintended consequences for a new technology that
has yet to be accepted by the public or widely adopted by the
broadcast industry.
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-IMPA...-15/i15922.htm
Ramsey is correct - this is just a last-ditch effort by iBiquity,
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I B OC'D and Half-Crocked,
You are Beginning to Believe Your Own Rhetoric.
have a merry christmas ~ RHF
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"Obstacles to an XM, Sirius Merger"
Satellite Slowdown
The public chatter gives rise to a host of questions that will have to
be worked out when and if the two sides consummate a deal. For
starters, would a merger make financial sense, how would it be
structured, and will regulators concerned about the formation of a
monopoly let a deal go through? And importantly, will larger-than-life
executive personalities get in the way?
Sirius' Karmazin fired the start gun on a round of merger speculation
in June when he expressed interest in buying XM at a fair price. And
judging from the slump in XM's stock, the price is getting fairer all
the time. The shares closed at $14.81 on Dec. 7, giving XM a market
value of less than $4 billion, or about half of what it was at this
time a year ago. Slowing sales growth and losses that have widened
each year of its existence have hammered the stock, making it one of
the worst performers on the NASDAQ stock market this year.
The picture at Sirius isn't much better. Sirius stock closed at $3.88
on Dec. 7, up 5 cents, or more than 1%, on the merger talk. It had
taken a beating two days earlier on news that the company wouldn't add
as many subscribers as expected this year (see BusinessWeek.com,
12/5/06, "Sirius Sings the Holiday Blues"). The company said it would
finish 2006 with 5.9 million to 6.1 million customers, vs. a
previously forecast 6.3 million.
http://www.businessweek.com/technolo...208_079766.htm
"Mergers fail to lift media stocks"
Despite consolidation in the sector, media stocks underperformed the
broader market in the first half of 2007.
The worst media stocks of 2007
Music, newspaper and radio stocks lead this year's media laggards.
Company YTD change
McClatchy -41.0%
Warner Music Group -37.0%
Citadel Broadcasting -36.8%
Lee Enterprises -32.1%
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia -22.0%
XM Satellite Radio -20.0%
Sirius Satellite Radio -14.7%
http://money.cnn.com/2007/06/29/news...half/index.htm
Even if HD Radio forces itself in-dash with the satrad merger, all
three are bleeding big-time! Ha! Ha! Screw you!