Tuesday, April 11, 2006 at 4:07 PM
Tags:
HD Radio

I'm hearing some very interesting rumors about iBiquity, the company
behind terrestrial radio's savior technology HD Radio (just a little
refresher, the "HD" doesn't actually stand for "high definition" -
funny huh?). Word has it that iBiquity is experiencing so much
financial mayhem that they've stopped all projects, both current and
future, and are regrouping or possibily worse.

Look, I'm all for competition and all, but with a phenominal tag line
like "are you deaf yet?" (listen to campaign spots here and here) who
wouldn't bet all their chips on this technology?
Thanks Hurricane Ben!

"Rfburns" wrote in message
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Tuesday, April 11, 2006 at 4:07 PM
Tags:
HD Radio

I'm hearing some very interesting rumors about iBiquity, the company
behind terrestrial radio's savior technology HD Radio (just a little
refresher, the "HD" doesn't actually stand for "high definition" -
funny huh?). Word has it that iBiquity is experiencing so much
financial mayhem that they've stopped all projects, both current and
future, and are regrouping or possibily worse.

Look, I'm all for competition and all, but with a phenominal tag line
like "are you deaf yet?" (listen to campaign spots here and here) who
wouldn't bet all their chips on this technology?
Thanks Hurricane Ben!


Better watch it RF, the newsgroup Douchebag and his associates are wanting
to censor what you posted. It's not about shortwave but remember that RHF
and Dx Douche will be trying to run you off. However, I'm not going
anywhere.

On Sep 10, 10:09 am, "Billy Smith"
wrote:
"Rfburns" wrote in message

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Tuesday, April 11, 2006 at 4:07 PM
Tags:
HD Radio

I'm hearing some very interesting rumors about iBiquity, the company
behind terrestrial radio's savior technology HD Radio (just a little
refresher, the "HD" doesn't actually stand for "high definition" -
funny huh?). Word has it that iBiquity is experiencing so much
financial mayhem that they've stopped all projects, both current and
future, and are regrouping or possibily worse.

Look, I'm all for competition and all, but with a phenominal tag line
like "are you deaf yet?" (listen to campaign spots here and here) who
wouldn't bet all their chips on this technology?
Thanks Hurricane Ben!

Better watch it RF, the newsgroup Douchebag and his associates are wanting
to censor what you posted. It's not about shortwave but remember that RHF
and Dx Douche will be trying to run you off. However, I'm not going
anywhere.- Hide quoted text -

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BS -FYI- RF Burns post was Radio related News Item;
that was personally written; and Not a Cut-and-Paste
In-Your-Face Rant. - please take notes ~ RHF

On Sep 10, 12:42 pm, Rfburns wrote:
Tuesday, April 11, 2006 at 4:07 PM
Tags:
HD Radio

I'm hearing some very interesting rumors about iBiquity, the company
behind terrestrial radio's savior technology HD Radio (just a little
refresher, the "HD" doesn't actually stand for "high definition" -
funny huh?). Word has it that iBiquity is experiencing so much
financial mayhem that they've stopped all projects, both current and
future, and are regrouping or possibily worse.


Rather than posting messages with vague unsupported claims why don't
you give us the details. Where did you read the rumors, who wrote
them and most importantly what specifically was written (or spoken).





Look, I'm all for competition and all, but with a phenominal tag line
like "are you deaf yet?" (listen to campaign spots here and here) who
wouldn't bet all their chips on this technology?
Thanks Hurricane Ben!

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On Sep 10, 12:42 pm, Rfburns wrote:
Tuesday, April 11, 2006 at 4:07 PM
Tags:
HD Radio

I'm hearing some very interesting rumors about iBiquity, the company
behind terrestrial radio's savior technology HD Radio (just a little
refresher, the "HD" doesn't actually stand for "high definition" -
funny huh?). Word has it that iBiquity is experiencing so much
financial mayhem that they've stopped all projects, both current and
future, and are regrouping or possibily worse.


Rather than posting messages with vague unsupported claims why don't
you give us the details. Where did you read the rumors, who wrote
them and most importantly what specifically was written (or spoken).


iBiquity is owned by private equity firms and by the major station groups.
It does not put out financials to Wall Street.

On Sep 10, 7:18?pm, "David Eduardo" wrote:
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On Sep 10, 12:42 pm, Rfburns wrote:
Tuesday, April 11, 2006 at 4:07 PM
Tags:
HD Radio

I'm hearing some very interesting rumors about iBiquity, the company
behind terrestrial radio's savior technology HD Radio (just a little
refresher, the "HD" doesn't actually stand for "high definition" -
funny huh?). Word has it that iBiquity is experiencing so much
financial mayhem that they've stopped all projects, both current and
future, and are regrouping or possibily worse.

Rather than posting messages with vague unsupported claims why don't
you give us the details. Where did you read the rumors, who wrote
them and most importantly what specifically was written (or spoken).

iBiquity is owned by private equity firms and by the major station groups.
It does not put out financials to Wall Street.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I wonder why - just like Clear Channel, that want to go private. Both
companies are DOA.

On Sep 10, 4:18 pm, "David Eduardo" wrote:
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On Sep 10, 12:42 pm, Rfburns wrote:
Tuesday, April 11, 2006 at 4:07 PM
Tags:
HD Radio

I'm hearing some very interesting rumors about iBiquity, the company
behind terrestrial radio's savior technology HD Radio (just a little
refresher, the "HD" doesn't actually stand for "high definition" -
funny huh?). Word has it that iBiquity is experiencing so much
financial mayhem that they've stopped all projects, both current and
future, and are regrouping or possibily worse.

Rather than posting messages with vague unsupported claims why don't
you give us the details. Where did you read the rumors, who wrote
them and most importantly what specifically was written (or spoken).


- Biquity is owned by private equity firms
- and by the major station groups.
- It does not put out financials to Wall Street.

DE -ergo- They Sold a Bill-of-Goods to Themselves.

Sort of like the Pig that bought a Pig-in-the-Poke
because he thought He was Investing in Himself.

This is Your Ears on HD Radio beyond the 10 mv/m Contour

{ S i l e n c e }

Any Questions ?


life exists and radio listening happens
beyond the 10 mv/m contour ~ RHF

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On Sep 10, 7:18?pm, "David Eduardo" wrote:
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On Sep 10, 12:42 pm, Rfburns wrote:
Tuesday, April 11, 2006 at 4:07 PM
Tags:
HD Radio

I'm hearing some very interesting rumors about iBiquity, the company
behind terrestrial radio's savior technology HD Radio (just a little
refresher, the "HD" doesn't actually stand for "high definition" -
funny huh?). Word has it that iBiquity is experiencing so much
financial mayhem that they've stopped all projects, both current and
future, and are regrouping or possibily worse.

Rather than posting messages with vague unsupported claims why don't
you give us the details. Where did you read the rumors, who wrote
them and most importantly what specifically was written (or spoken).

iBiquity is owned by private equity firms and by the major station
groups.
It does not put out financials to Wall Street.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I wonder why - just like Clear Channel, that want to go private. Both
companies are DOA.


Right. Clear is cash flowing in a significant manner, and they feel the
market undervalues them. That is why they are going private.

iBiquity is private for the same reason many companies want to stay private:
they do not want to live the quarterly harassment of earnings reports,
Sarbox, and running the business to please Wall Street. It allows more long
range planning, and less knee jerking to the street.

On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:18:00 -0700, "David Eduardo"
wrote:


"Roadie" wrote in message
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On Sep 10, 12:42 pm, Rfburns wrote:
Tuesday, April 11, 2006 at 4:07 PM
Tags:
HD Radio

I'm hearing some very interesting rumors about iBiquity, the company
behind terrestrial radio's savior technology HD Radio (just a little
refresher, the "HD" doesn't actually stand for "high definition" -
funny huh?). Word has it that iBiquity is experiencing so much
financial mayhem that they've stopped all projects, both current and
future, and are regrouping or possibily worse.


Rather than posting messages with vague unsupported claims why don't
you give us the details. Where did you read the rumors, who wrote
them and most importantly what specifically was written (or spoken).


iBiquity is owned by private equity firms and by the major station groups.
It does not put out financials to Wall Street.

The owners of Ibiquity are publicentities who must account for every
penny. Word gets around. HD is a big flop.

"David" wrote in message
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On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:18:00 -0700, "David Eduardo"
wrote:


iBiquity is owned by private equity firms and by the major station groups.
It does not put out financials to Wall Street.

The owners of Ibiquity are publicentities who must account for every
penny. Word gets around. HD is a big flop.

There are two groups who "own" iBiquity.

The first, the private capital investors, expect a return on capital. But
they do not always expect instant returns in the form of dividends, etc., or
the same sector would not invest in startups, genetic research, biomed
companies, etc. They expect that, after a number of years, they can either
take the company public or sell to a larger company. These private equity
investors are, by definition, NOT public entities.

The broadcast investors, in my experience, invested to insure a single
technology would be developed, avoiding the multi-technology disputes that
surrounded the AM stereo debacle. They also wanted a single system for AM
and FM, hoping the developed technology might help "drag up" AM before it
became totally unviable. One can almost look at the radio company
investments as if they were donations or seed capital; no radio company is
expecting a return on these relatively small investments that are, I
believe, all less than $10 million each.