On Jan 4, 6:51 pm, "Brenda Ann" wrote:
"IBOCcrock" wrote in message

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"Radio: You don't want HD Radio's Bilk-o in your foxhole."

You can't make this stuff up.

How would you like it if one you believed to be a business partner did
an about face and supported the very thing your industry is fighting
against?

Memo to terrestrial radio: iBiquity and the HD Radio Alliance just
double-crossed you.

The dynamic duo closed their dismal year by firing off a letter to the
FCC on December 20 urging that if the merger between XM and Sirius
satellite radio companies is approved - HD Radios must be included in
all satellite receivers.

Riiiiight!

That means when terrestrial radio promotes HD Radio it'll be pushing
satellite radio, too.

No, what it actually means is that satellite radios, finally getting to a
decent price point, will have to add IBOC, which will bring that price point
back up a minimum of $100, and force consumers to buy something they don't
want, and are ignoring in droves.

And before someone says something about FM... nobody EVER forced
manufacturers to put FM on all the AM radios they built or sold.
(interesting, that, though, considering that they HAVE required, in turn,
UHF tuners, CATV tuners and ATSC tuners in television sets (at least above
the 13" size) over the years.)- Hide quoted text -

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Satrad doesn't even support interoperable receivers:

"Satellite Radio Facing Bankruptcy?"

"Satellite radio companies have been suffering heavy losses - and
plunging stock prices - even as they continue to add subscribers. And
a front-page story in Tuesday's Wall Street Journal warns that the
worst may be yet to come... Industry leader XM Satellite Radio
Holdings Inc. lost $667 million last year, and rival Sirius Satellite
Radio Inc. lost $863 million. The big losses have shaken investor
confidence in the industry. XM shares have lost 71 percent of their
value this year, and Sirius shares have lost 51 percent... For one
thing, a substantial number of people who buy vehicles with pre-
installed satellite radios don't activate them, nor do many who
receive a radio as a gift. It's estimated that 10 percent of all store-
bought radios given as gifts during the last holiday season were never
activated. Also, those who do subscribe often abandon the service
after a period of time, some switching to iPod adapters to provide
music in their vehicle."

http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/...5/175258.shtml

"Regarding the Technical Aspects of the SDARS Providers XM and Sirius"

"There are significant differences in certain technical aspects of the
two SDARS systems as deployed by XM and Sirius. The systems as
currently deployed are not interoperable. That is to say, an XM
receiver cannot receive the Sirius signal and vice versa. Thus, as is
true today, if the proposed merger of XM and Sirius were consummated,
consumers would still need to purchase a new interoperable receiver in
order to receive the signals of both providers. These differences in
system operation, function, and structure make the design and
implementation of a single unified and interoperable receiver both
complex and expensive. In fact, both XM and Sirius have been working
in a joint venture to develop an interoperable radio since 2000. At
this time, no interoperable radios have been introduced into
commercial production."

http://tinyurl.com/2kek8t

It's a no-go, anyway...