Big whoop - tagging will not help HD Radio. MSG Direct is also a failure, as there is no consumer demand for paying monthly fees for streaming information to wrist watches and coffee makers. The iPod and iPhone have both decided on iRadio. Clear Channel had a deal with Sprint to stream, but the deal fell through from lack of consumer interest. Apple is just promoting HD Radio tagging for its own benefit, just as Ford, and others, have done:

http://hdradiofarce.blogspot.com/

WOW, that HD radio logo looks like a total rip off of the XM logo.

I know it's different enough to ward off a law suit, but it's still a total rip....

I hope Pioneer finally announces HD Radio equipment so that I don't have to change out my whole stereo system to add HD to my car.

Ryan, Forget posting about some lame HD Radio, How about a rundown on all the parties at CES, The Girls, The Beer, All those high power people you are running around with this weekend!

but sat radio still doesnt compete--ya right...If anything--the fcc people should see all the new competition when they are there and realize its a very quickly evolving market that a combined sat company still may be in for a hard time

Good luck, bro

>>> but sat radio still doesnt compete--ya right...If anything--the fcc people should see all the new competition when they are there and realize its a very quickly evolving market that a combined sat company still may be in for a hard time

I don't know of anyone who has suggested that satellite radio doesn't "compete" with HD or any of these other types of entertainment. They obviously do. Why is this even an issue?

I wish this Stackpointer would just go to hell. Dude you are Mr. fucking negative. We get it you don't want a merger. You are a total XM guy, and you are all bitter PROBABLY because you lost a couple 100 grand on XM's mismanagement and awful decisions by Hugh Panero. We all know satellite radio competes with everything, its the tools in Washington who can't figure it out or who to accept the bigger donations from. You jump down everybody's throat at the suggestion of anything having to do with the merger. I got an idea why don't you start YOUR OWN blog about bitter investors and how you hate media mergers. Quit jumping on everyone..Damn, what a friggin tool bag whiner.

? for you guys, is there any rules from the FCC about about lying (BOLDLY) about HD radio. this weekend I was working on the house and just turned on a an old radio in the house, I believe it was a Clear Chanel oldies station, and about twice an hour they play ads for HD radio and coming out of each ad the jock says blah-blah "HIGH-DEF radio" blah-blah.

What does "high def" mean anyway? I have an HDTV and love it BUT when there's fast action you can see pixellation. Analog TV didn't have that problem.

There's that, and when the signal goes, it GOES. At least HD Radio reverts back to analog.

iBiquity, the HD Radio people, claim HD is a just a trademark and means nothing. I suspect this is more for legal reasons than anything else. Someone else has probably already laid claim to the phrase "high definition." HD Radio sounds a LOT better to me than analog. Way better highs!