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Who owns the rights of HD radio technology?
howlme asked:
How can someone apply for a station on HD radio?, it’s going to be as open as satellite radio or regulated by FCC standards?
Where do the revenues come from? commercial sales or subscriptions?, What would be more affordable: to start an station on HD radio or Satellite radio?
How can someone apply for a station on HD radio?, it’s going to be as open as satellite radio or regulated by FCC standards?
Where do the revenues come from? commercial sales or subscriptions?, What would be more affordable: to start an station on HD radio or Satellite radio?
One Response on Who owns the rights of HD radio technology?
OK wiseguy I will answer as best as I can. HD radio is just a better (digital) way of broadcasting. It is still picked up over the air. I would make the analogy that HDTV is to analog TV, as HD radio is to standard FM. CableTV is like satellite radio because you need to pay a subscription so content isn’t as regulated by the FCC, if that is what you mean by FCC standards.
How easy do you think it is to start a radio station on XM or Sirius? Or did you plan on lauching your own satellites? At least the air waves are still free, I believe, after some fees to the govt. My advice to you if you want to start a radio station is to look into webcasting.
I read that it’s a pretty sizeable investment for a radio station to invest in HD radio, something on the order of $75,000. But this is no where near what the TV stations payed to upgrade to HDTV. I have not heard HD radio yet, but it’s supposed to be CD quality, and AM sounds like FM.
I did a little more research and HD radio technology is owned by iBiquity, a merger of lucent radio and USA digital radio. Radio stations that use HD (hybrid digital) radio need to pay a royalty to this company in addition to what ever it takes to run their stations.
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