Frank Dresser wrote:
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Is that would be the vaporware chip-set and the BS software?

Oh, set us straight on the details with some links please.


It would seem, in the HD radio biz, that no plan happens until it
happens.

From about a year ago:

"RadioGuard-capable radio receivers are planned to be introduced to
the market by the holidays."

http://www.orbitcast.com/archives/ibiquity-to-int.html

Frank Dresser





Not also, in direct conflict to David's denial, that the conditional
access specifically includes subscription access to audio content.


This passage particularly says it all:



"We believe this will be key for monetizing HD Radio," said Tom
Rucktenwald, director of data applications security for NDS.

Services that could be made possible through RadioGuard include
pay-per-listen options for live concerts or other events, improved
reading services for the blind, private channels for emergency
services, and free opt-in events sponsored by advertisers. So HD
Radio will not just be competing with satellite radio
Siriusly-Speaking May-07 for listening time, but soon will be
competing for subscription dollars as well.




You'd think he'd get the message: We're not buying it.

"D Peter Maus" wrote in message
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Frank Dresser wrote:
"Telamon" wrote in
message
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[snip]
Is that would be the vaporware chip-set and the BS software?

Oh, set us straight on the details with some links please.


It would seem, in the HD radio biz, that no plan happens until it
happens.

From about a year ago:

"RadioGuard-capable radio receivers are planned to be introduced to
the market by the holidays."

http://www.orbitcast.com/archives/ibiquity-to-int.html

Frank Dresser





Not also, in direct conflict to David's denial, that the conditional
access specifically includes subscription access to audio content.

I've never heard of pay per program or pay per channel propositions; the
ability of even a cluster of several stations to garner subscriptions looks
bleak. When you can get channels at about a dime each on satellite, that
means that the HD's of one company would be worth less than a buck a
month... and the processing charges would eat most of that. There does not
seem to be a viable model, while FMeXtra is on with hundreds of channels in
SCA-like subscriptions with locked receivers... I know of one LA station
renting facilities to two Chinese broadcasts and one in Japanese under
FMeXtra.

There does not look to be a viable business model for HD pay channels for
audio services, although data services may create revenue.