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HD Radio to charge consumers for content !
On Mar 30, 1:57�pm, "David Eduardo" wrote:
wrote in message oups.com... "If HD Radio Charges Consumers, Will It Be Considered Competition For Satellite Radio?" http://satellitestandard.blogspot.co...io-charges-con... Notable quote: "It is pretty much confirmed that HD Radio is going to charge consumers for content. At what point is the FCC going to consider this service competition for satellite radio? Ironically, free HD is not considered competition, but paid service would be!" It is not confirmed. In fact, no broadcaster I know has any intention of doing this, as there is no model for charging for single channels or 3 to 4 unrealted channels when XM and Sirius have around 150 each. Yup, it's a given - looks like the HD Radio Alliance has finally realized that HD Radio is not going to be terrestrial radio's great savior, so they have now taken a backseat to Satellite Radio, forever. *Great news ! There is no news of this whatsoever. Yea, your are rigtht and RWOnline is wrong: "Is Pay-for-Play HD Content on Horizon?" "For more than a year, Ibiquity officials have been working with NDS, a technology contractor, to develop a conditional access feature for HD Radio. With field testing underway at a Florida public station, some proponents hope conditional access is the next big feature for HD Radio and think receivers that can handle the capability may be available by the end of the year. Much must happen to make that a reality." http://www.rwonline.com/pages/s.0049/t.4028.html It won't be up to individual broadcasters. As I said, HD Radio is failing and this is the only way to attempt to recoup the huge losses, due to the failed $500,000,000 HD Radio Alliance ad campaign. As Ramsey said, "it will be a long, slow race to the bottom": "Sirius, XM, and HD: Consumer interest reality check" "While interest in satellite radio is diminishing, interest in HD shows no signs of a pulse." http://www.hear2.com/2007/02/sirius_xm_and_h.html |
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