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"Ladies and gentlemen, the NAB is back"
That quote was uttered by NAB President/CEO Gordon Smith, keynoting the 2012 NAB Show in Las Vegas and welcoming more than 90,000 people to the full week of exhibits and sessions. Smith joined the NAB in Fall 2009 and recently signed a renewal deal through 2016.
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2012 CES opens in Las Vegas, with some news about radio
HD Radio developer iBiquity will be at its Central Hall booth, displaying more than 60 new receiver models from makers such as Alpine, Acoustic Research, Audiovox, Clarion, Denon, JVC, Kentwood, Insignia, Marantz and Pioneer. iBiquity expects smartphones on the market this year will have built-in HD Radio technology, and it has models of cellular h…
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HD Radios will be found in Ford hybrid cars in 2012
Auto maker Ford has announced they will offer HD Radio in two hybrid cars scheduled to debut in 2012. For, will be launching the C-MAX hybrid car next year, which they tout as the first dedicated hybrid vehicle and the first "multi-activity vehicle" in North America.
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UK switchover to DAB may not be done until 2019, says advisory group
Digital Consumer Expert Group chair Roger Darlington says the adoption rate is “slower than many in the industry have hoped, if not expected.” He also hints at resistance in the automobile sector, and says radio needs to offer content that is compelling enough to spark consumer interest. Darlington says "I don't think there's much doubt that the co… Read More
HD Radio to be available in Toyota's best-selling Camry
Technology developer iBiquity has been trying to widen its reach among Japanese carmakers, and at the January CES in Las Vegas it announced that HD Radio technology was part of the new Toyota Entune system. That infotainment system keys on a driver's smartphone or media player.
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Mexico's government approves the use of HD Radio
Mexico’s spectrum regulating agency has selected HD Radio Technology as a digital radio standard for the AM and FM bands in Mexico. The decision will make the In Band On Channel (IBOC) system official on June 16.
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iBiquity offers prizes for radio sellers who use HD-2/HD-3 in campaigns
Grand prize is $5,000 cash, second prize is $1,000 and third prize is "a total HD Radio upgrade for car, home and on the go." iBiquity's Senior VP of Broadcast Programs and Advanced Services Joe D'Angelo says "HD-2/HD-3 channels are becoming increasingly prevalent in the ratings, and now is the time to market the unique benefits they offer to adver…
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Microsoft pulls the Zune player off store shelves, will keep "Zune" name
Microsoft's business decision is a disappointment for iBiquity’s HD Radio, which had found a home on the Zune mobile device. Wired says “weak demand” is causing Microsoft to discontinue production of the Zune, which never gained much traction against Apple’s iPod and its iTunes system. Read More
HD Radio is adopted by Mexico's regulator as a voluntary standard for digital
COFETEL, the Federal Telecommunications Commission of Mexico, has been monitoring the testing of the iBiquity-produced HD Radio In-Band, On-Channel technology in its country, and has now approved it for voluntary adoption by AM and FM broadcasters. Analog service will continue, as HD Radio broadcasts are added to the current transmissions and there…
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HD Radio Alliance stations commit to $110M in media value, invite new members
The Alliance is dropping financial obligations, format restrictions and commercial limitations for potential new members. President Peter Ferrara says "with only a modest commitment of inventory, other radio groups can make a significant difference in our efforts.
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HD Radio experiments with digital boosters
From today's TRI Newsletter: The NAB’s FASTROAD engineering project says the early results of the “single frequency network field tests” in the Baltimore area are “very encouraging.” They worked with an experimental main station and a booster site, and monitored potential interference with existing analog signals. Results?
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First Japanese car model to offer HD Radio: Subaru Forester
The small SUV is the iBiquity’s first score among Japanese carmakers, who have been more resistant to American-style digital radio than Detroit or BMW or the Korean manufacturers. The Subaru deal starts relatively small: HD Radio will be a package option on the 2011 Forester, beginning in November.
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HD Radios in some BMWs & Jaguars are the subject a law firm's "investigation"
New Jersey law firm Keefe Bartels is asking buyers of some BMW and Jaguar vehicles if they’re dissatisfied with the performance of their HD Radio units. It believes those sets may be “plagued by an inability to receive the digital signals transmitted by FM and AM radio stations and a significantly reduced sound quality when such signals are receive… Read More
Japanese car makers aren't embracing HD Radio
For European car makers Volvo, BMW and Rolls-Royce, HD Radio is a standard feature in a number of their automotive lines. Since its debut in the US in 2005 in just two car models, HD Radio has expanded in five years to 15 brands, and it is found standard in 36 model lines, while being an option package for 50 additional model lines.
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Fewer than 90 FM stations have upped power levels for HD Radio
The FCC approved the higher levels in January and began allowing stations to file for them on May 10. Now three months later, the NAB’s Tech Check newsletter does a census of stations that have notified the Commission that they’re taking advantage of the new freedom. Read More
Ford and iBiquity team up for a big HD radio ad campaign
Ford Motor Company will offer as a factory option HD Radio for their 2011 Ford Edge, that will include the world’s first automotive implementation of iTunes Tagging. To publicize the Ford Edge with HD Radio, the automaker has unveiled a new dedicated Web page for the midsize crossover, and will also unleash an ad blitz starting this week through Se…
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Canada moves toward dropping the last vestiges of the Eureka-147 Digital Radio system
The government is revoking four digital four radio licenses in Montreal, at the request of the CBC: CBME-DR-1, CBM-DR-1, CBF-DR-1 and CBFX-DR-1. Canada chose the European-developed Eureka 147 “out-of-band” DAB system in the late 1990s, but it never spread very far. Read More
