[opendtv] Re: Canada Says "OK" to HD Radio
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 17:08:04 -0500
Interesting developments in this digital radio universe.
According to various sources, the Swiss HD Radio trials were supposed ot
have concluded and report available late in 2006. I haven't found the
report, although Ibiquity does have a promising site for it:
http://www.ibiquity.com/international/hd_radio_media_day
I've also read that for whatever reason, adoption of the Eureka 147 DAB
has been unspectacular so far. I'm not entirely sure why. Is it harder
to receive than analog radio? Or do they not offer more choice? In
theory, it ought to be marketable much as the Ibiquity system, where the
existing broadcasters can advertize higher quality and more choice, and
transmit on both their analog and the L-band DAB frequencies.
I mean, to the average consumer, what do they care whether the digital
stream is coming from the guard bands of the analog, or on a different
RF band? This matters only to the broadcast community and the RF
management types. The marketing should work either way?
And according to this Ibiquity map:
http://www.ibiquity.com/international/worldwide_coverage
HD Radio is offered worldwide as follows:
Nationwide operation: US
Adoption and regional operation: Brazil, Philippines
Limited operation: Thailand, Indonesia
Testing: Canada, Mexico, Argentina, France, Switzerland, Ukraine,
Poland, New Zealand
Active interest: The rest of the Americas and Caribbean, Australia.
It would be nice to think that at least for radio, you can travel
anywhere and your radio will work, as they always have in the past.
If the UK does get rid of its FM band for radio use, as they suggest
they might, that would probably create a big abstacle to eventual
adoption.
Bert
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