HD Radio – two years later
It was two years ago this month that I penned a notorious piece called “The Premature Death of HD Radio.” That piece was intended to...
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mramsey1
Apr 30, 2007
Here come HD Radio subscriptions
Here’s one from NAB I missed… From Wired: A new “conditional broadcasting” feature for HD Radio called RadioGuard, from NDS, will allow ...
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mramsey1
Apr 27, 2007
How to get HD Radio in cars
It really saddens me to point out this article, but I’m doing it only because no radio industry trade will touch it and denying reality...
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mramsey1
Apr 23, 2007
But is “availability” of HD radios the problem?
“They can’t find the radios even if they want one.” That’s one way some folks explain HD radio’s sputtering sales. But now that Best Buy...
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mramsey1
Apr 7, 2007
The facts on Hyundai’s HD radio announcement
Inside Radio mixed up the HD radio facts today: “Hyundai becomes the first non-luxury automaker to offer HD Radio” read the headline....
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mramsey1
Mar 30, 2007
Fewer than 1 in 600 Americans use HD radio
Some unfortunate statistics, based on the remarkably and admirably candid admission in the Boston Globe that “Fewer than half a million...
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mramsey1
Mar 29, 2007
Are HD radios made with crappy tuners?
I hesitated even to publish this post because the argument behind it is so isolated and anecdotal. But I’m putting it out there so you,...
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mramsey1
Mar 29, 2007
Can we get on the same HD page?
This from a TV station in Lancaster PA: A piece on HD radio which for the first time introduces the term “Hybrid Digital” – a new one on...
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mramsey1
Mar 19, 2007
The only HD Radio post of the week
For those of you who are sick of me discussing HD radio – and I know that’s most of you – at least allow me the opportunity to mention a...
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mramsey1
Mar 16, 2007
HD Radio: “He loves me, he loves me not”
Here’s yet another in the long series of pieces devoted to explaining all about HD radio to an audience that is so far turning a deaf...
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mramsey1
Mar 5, 2007
What Wal*Mart’s HD Radio announcement means
Let’s get this much out of the way first, more distribution for HD radio is a good thing. No if’s, and’s, or but’s. But there’s a dark...
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mramsey1
Feb 23, 2007
When HD radio actually creates value…
…it does so by providing a laboratory for new formats which quickly spread beyond HD and onto the “regular” radio band and across the...
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mramsey1
Feb 20, 2007
Business Week on HD Radio
Interesting piece on HD Radio from Business Week that I somehow missed. These types of articles are important because they’re a...
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mramsey1
Feb 7, 2007
Inside the Sharper Image / HD radio deal
Yesterday’s announcement that HD Radios will be featured prominently in Sharper Image stores and catalogs needs to be placed in a broader...
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mramsey1
Jan 23, 2007
XM/Sirius Merger – Clear thinking, and what it means for Radio
An opinion which matches mine exactly: [First,] I think the Street might be making too much of the weak satellite radio sales at retail....
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mramsey1
Jan 20, 2007
How many HD radios have actually been sold?
According to WIRED news which seems to be quoting iBiquity… HD Radio receiver sales reached the “low hundred thousands” in 2006, a...
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mramsey1
Jan 17, 2007
What the Satellite Radio Christmas Season means for you
From Radio Business Report: Bank of America analyst Jonathan Jacoby reports that retail sales of satellite radio receivers were down 46%...
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mramsey1
Jan 17, 2007
Bridge Ratings updates HD Radio projections
Bridge Ratings’ latest projections on HD radio: 12+ Awareness – now up to 72% 12+ Understanding of what it is or does – 15% 12+...
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mramsey1
Jan 8, 2007
Clear Channel to Microsoft: “May I Have this Dance?”
This is a cool announcement: Clear Channel Radio and Microsoft … announced a collaborative agreement to build a nationwide data delivery...
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mramsey1
Jan 7, 2007
BMW offers HD radio as option across all models – Analysis
The trades will be full of this one on Monday. BMW is the first automotive firm to offer a factory-installed digital HD Radio(TM)...
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