On Mar 30, 1:57�pm, "David Eduardo" wrote:
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"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.

"WUSF Testing Conditional Access"

http://rwonline.com/pages/s.0049/t.4029.html

Notable quote:

"WUSF(FM) in Tampa, a long-time IBOC test bed and the first public
station to go IBOC, is the site of conditional access field testing
for HD Radio this spring. Tests were to begin March 19 and continue
through early May, according to Tom Dollenmayer, station manager for
radio and TV, WUSF Public Broadcasting."

Oh sorry, I seemed to have missed this article from Radio World Online.