On 10/16/09 14:33 , SMS wrote:
John Higdon wrote:

There certainly is a fee to be paid to iBiquity, and it is based on
the number of HD channels the station uses, plus a portion of the
station's gross revenue.

Well that doesn't sound fair if the fee is based on the revenue of the
analog side of the station.


That's a time honored way of doing fees. BMI and ASCAP fees are
based on a percentage of gross, and before divestiture, the Bell
companies even based business phone rates on gross revenues. They
went so far as to ask for gross and net revenues on the order form
so rates can be calculated. Their thinking was that there is no
business without a phone, so they deserve a cut.

iBiquity is no different. The HD 1 stream is a simulcast of the
analog channel, there is no HD audio without iBiquity, so they take
a cut of revenues.



heat; 10% of the analog power is burned off. The bottom line is that
thousands of watts are thrown away as heat, 24/7. Really green, eh?

How "green" it is is really a side issue.


Not in today's business environment.