Comments on: Who owns the rights of HD radio technology? http://hdradioweb.com/2008/07/01/who-owns-the-rights-of-hd-radio-technology/ HD Radio information portal talks about what HD Radio is, current and potential applications and features as well as options for HD Radio receivers. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:02:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: bmw2002driver1971 http://hdradioweb.com/2008/07/01/who-owns-the-rights-of-hd-radio-technology/#comment-23 bmw2002driver1971 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:12:36 +0000 http://hdradioweb.com/2008/07/01/who-owns-the-rights-of-hd-radio-technology/#comment-23 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. 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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