[BC] HD Radio Article

[Rich Wood]

------ At 11:40 AM 2/26/2006, Mark Humphrey wrote: -------

>I'm not familar with the terms of iBiquity's contract, but if someone on the
>list can respond, I would like to know if they require broadcasters to keep
>the audio quality of simulcast Internet feeds inferior to their system.  If
>our objective to offer this wonderful new content and compete against other
>media, why would anyone sign an agreement like that?

Since no one has heard anything about such a limitation I doubt even 
they would be stupid enough to require such a thing. Having been 
involved with a number of streaming companies (none of them still 
exist) I can tell you streaming can be expensive. broadcast.com never 
made money on streaming radio stations. Other, less glamorous, 
services made them worth what Yahoo paid. They paid a fortune, then 
shut it down.

I think it's a cost issue, not a contractual restriction.

Rich