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Brian says in his comment to my earlier "HD Radio Is Coming" post that he wants HC Radio, not HD Radio.
He says that HC stands for High Choice, meaning more programming.
Brian is dead right. Sound quality is way better in HD Radio, but programming choice may be the ultimate value proposition.
What many people don't know is that the FM digital signal can be broken into many more streams and FM stations may begin to offer multiple audio streams on a single FM channel.
NPR calls this Tomorrow Radio and they've put a lot of information out into the public domain about it. I think this description of the technology on Crutchfield's site is one of the best descriptions.
Multiple audio programming streams on a single FM channel is not limited to NPR stations. I bet we'll see some interesting stuff develop in this area over the next couple years as HD radios start to penetrate the market.
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Posted June 8, 2004 in Venture Capital and TechnologyComments
Watching all this "choice" with great interest.
5-10 years ago, I had a stint writing comedy for TV. Not a bad job, on paper...
But all this increased choice made it a nerve-wracking industry to be in... simply because, increased choice meant if you were a TV writer, the value of what you did would be decreasing.
Well, maybe that's how it should be. But TV is a tough job. It's 18 hour days. It nervous breakdowns and all that. And when you are in this environment, to see your industry ALSO collapse around you... well, it's not pretty.
I saw the writing on the wall and got out. But all my TV friends have grey hair now.
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