Just in case the Federal Communications Commission wasn't already aware of it, the Sirius-XM camp has filed an ex parte filing highlighting the NAB's dubious tactics for garnering "support" for their cause.
The counsel for Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. says little else in the filing beyond simply linking to the Washington Post article, but that's really more than enough for them to do. It's better to put the issue on record and let it speak for itself.
It still boggles me that the NAB needed to resort to these "inspirational" tactics so as to generate 8,500 form-letters, when they advocate on behalf of 8,300+ radio/TV stations and networks.
John Gorman said it perfectly in a recent blogpost:
"Is this how your NAB members want their money spent? Is this the image the radio industry wants or needs right about now?"
I would wager to say the answer is a resounding "no" and the NAB will have a lot of explaining to do once this is all over.
[Ex Parte filing (PDF) via SiriusBuzz]
I would wager to say the answer is a resounding "no" and the NAB will have a lot of explaining to do once this is all over.
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Or more like it... the N A Who?
or better yet... the NAB can just drop the "B" then their name matches their abilities.... N/A
whether your for the merger or against it, the NAB really blew it here as their crediblility goes right out the window with this fradulent email/letter campaign---If someone really digs deeper, will this get even worse?
Fumbles and Sgt. Bilk-o will do anything to kill satrad's merger, because they need to get HD Radio in-dash for it to have any chance - big whoop, so they go it into Volvo (Ford owns Jaguar and Volvo and is an investor in iBiquity). Sounds to me, like these are unsold units that Ford is dumping into the failing Volvo and Jaguar lines. Too bad, satrad is making it standard in many new lines of automobiles, including Ford - Ford is also heavily promoting Sync on TV, but NO HD Radio.
Why is Mel on the iBiquity board?
He was years ago and now is back is what Business Week says.