[opendtv] Re: Ajit Pai comments at future radio and audio symposium
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2017 03:07:29 +0000
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
Interesting. What does this HD Radio use for an antenna when you
are not using that audio cable? Does it require earphones or an
external audio system?
Yes, it has no internal speaker. So something has to be plugged into that 3.5
mm connector.
So HD Radio is now standard on these trucks at certain trim levels.
GM offers HD radio on more than 200 vehicle models...
Well, perhaps, and yet here are a couple of articles that describe how it was
dropped from some 2015 GMs. But I do think that in general, HD Radio is
starting to become more common in cars, at least.
http://telematicswire.net/general-motors-is-dropping-hd-radio-in-its-five-models/
http://www.radioworld.com/business-and-law/0009/gm-drops-hd-radio-from-some-2015-models/332334
The sub channels are mostly useless;
BBC World Service useless? Interesting. I found it more useful than WAMU's .1
channel. And, our country and western station here has (or had) a subchannel
that was not country and western. I'd suggest the subchannel was more useful
than the main channel. Extra choice is never useless, Craig. The stations can
make of them anything their creative minds can conjure up. Again, with your
logic, there would only be one station. Your "dilute the audience" sounds
absurd - the myopia possible only from the incumbent content providers. Apply
that idea to cable TV, and see how successful it would have been.
And as Doug correctly pointed out, there is no shortage of FM
spectrum across most of the country.
First, this does not apply to major markets. Second, what do you think is more
likely, Craig? For a niche-ish content provider to piggy-back on an existing
station, at minimal cost, or for that same content provider to set up and
entire broadcast facility of his own? There are any number of examples of small
operations being possible ONLY because they can leverage off of an existing
infrastructure.
Ramsey correctly noted that broadcast radio is competing with
internet radio, not to mention USING the internet to extend its
reach. But it cannot provide the kind of choice offered by
streaming radio services
Just because he agrees with your strange ideas does not make him correct. You
saw more than one commenter that disagreed with him. The amount of choice is a
continuous curve. The more choice you offer, the better will be the aggregated
audience. Sorry, Craig, but your arguments consistently fall apart. With your
logic, explain why radio, and even your cable TV system, would not be better
off with just one option. Only ideas that a special interest would get.
Bert
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