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Date
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Story title |
| (09.01.06) |
To Ride the Radio Comet
Where We Consider How Chris Anderson's 'The Long Tail' Might Apply to the Radio Business
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| (08.02.06) |
RIAA's License to Bill
There's a Fine Line Between Streaming and Downloads. New Devices Are Erasing That Line
|
| (07.19.06) |
A Night on Space Mountain
The IBOC Conversion May Hit Some Unforeseen Ups and Downs, But Its Path Is Largely Predictable
|
| (07.05.06) |
Conquering the Digital Media World
... One Format at a Time
|
| (06.21.06) |
Stuck in the Middle With UGC
Broadcasters Are in Unfamiliar Territory When Their Podcasts Compete With User-Generated Content
|
| (06.07.06) |
The Value of a Clean Windshield
Negotiating the Road Ahead Requires A Long, Clear View
|
| (05.24.06) |
Digital Media's Global Warming
The Frequency of Disruptive Events in Media Seems to Be Increasing. Anomaly or Trend?
|
| (05.10.06) |
Radio's Command PERFORMance
Although we rarely acknowledge it today, the process of sound recording must have seemed almost magical when first introduced.
|
| (04.20.06) |
Broadcasters, Pick Your Poison
Many of the competitive concerns on broadcasters' minds today involve fear of satellite radio's further incursion into a marketplace formerly held exclusively by terrestrial AM and FM stations.
|
| (04.12.06) |
$$ for Nothing and Your Tunes for Free
Much has been made recently of the swell deal that U.S. radio stations have in their free access to published music.
|
| (03.29.06) |
Surround Compatibility Revisited
The Feb. 1 issue of Radio World included an opinion piece on the editorial page titled "Compatibility Begins at Home."
|
| (03.15.06) |
Solving the Digital Music Puzzle
Everyone agrees that the music recording industry has traveled a rocky path into the digital domain. Beyond that, however, concurrence is scarce.
|
| (03.01.06) |
Pledging Allegiance to the Audio Flag
There's an old saying referring to Congress that goes: "Whatever they're talking about, they're talking about money." The recent congressional action on content protection for digital radio has been no exception.
|
| (02.15.06) |
A Race Against Rhyme Time
IBOC Will Have To Play Catch-Up With Satellite Radio, But Will Other Similarly Named Competition Interfere?
|
| (02.01.06) |
IBOC: The Next Copyright Battlefield
You may be wondering why record labels seem to have recently discovered IBOC technology, and are rallying regulators, legislators and anyone else who will listen to add content protection to music broadcast over HD Radio.
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| (01.18.06) |
Radio's Future Hits the Front Pages
The changes that the U.S. radio broadcasting industry faces are now widely enough known that they have become fair game for the likes of the mainstream press and D.C. policy wonks. Much attention has been directed at what was considered a mature and stable industry that now faces dramatic upheaval.
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| (01.04.06) |
When Telcos Run the Transmitter
Radio Controls Its Own On-Air Delivery, But Relies on Others for Online Carriage
|
| (12.21.05) |
Different Strokes for Different Blokes
In the United States, as in other countries, we often observe the new-media experiences of other regions as bellwethers for what might happen at home under similar circumstances. For example, the recent U.K. experience with DAB frequently is referenced as predictive of how IBOC will fare here.
|
| (12.07.05) |
RIAA Lobbies for IBOC controls
Last time we discussed how the FCC's attempt to institute a backward-compatible content protection scheme for digital television was rebuffed by the courts, and how TV content providers have been working ever since to have the system reinstated.
|
| (11.09.05) |
Content(ious) Protection for IBOC?
A Quiet Battle Is Raging Over Consumers' Usage Rights for Digital Radio Content
|
| (10.26.05) |
When Streams Become Files
A New Battle Is Brewing Over Usage of Digital Music Delivered Via Digital Radio
|
| (10.12.05) |
Making the Podcast Grade
Much Radio Content Is Intended for Real-Time Use. But Then What Happens to It?
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| (09.28.05) |
IBOC Questions Remain Unanswered
Let's conclude our recent look at the next steps for IBOC with consideration of a few unsettled areas: datacasting, transition beyond the Hybrid mode, IBOC surround and content protection.
|
| (09.16.05) |
Tuning to Multicast
Multicasting Is Embraced Quickly, But There Is Still Much to Learn
|
| (09.01.05) |
Next Steps for IBOC Are Critical
Station Conversion Is Only One Part of the Process
|
| (08.17.05) |
The Architecture of Spatial Coding
A Look at the Proposed MPEG Standard for Sending Surround and Stereo Over the Same Channel
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| (08.03.05) |
Bridging the Surround-Stereo Gap
The Developing MPEG Spatial Coding Specification Attempts to Add 5.1 Surround to a Digital Stereo Channel
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| (07.20.05) |
Some Issues Surrounding Surround
How Should Radio Carry Multichannel Audio to Listeners?
|
| (07.06.05) |
Upmix, Downmix - The Series
Creating Compatible Content for Surround Radio May Be Challenging
|
| (06.22.05) |
The Value of Here and Now
Terrestrial Radio's Future Relies on the Leveraging of Its Unique Attributes
|
| (06.08.05) |
Under Construction: Radio Rules
Now That NRSC-5 Is in the FCC's Hands, What Happens Next for Digital Radio Regulation?
|
| (05.25.05) |
The
New Convergence: Broadcast + Telco
Future Receivers May Incorporate Broadband Wireless, Broadcast Services
in a Single Device
|
| (05.13.05) |
It's
Radio, Jim, But Not as We Know It
The Divergent Paths Open to Broadcasters Could Make the Future a
Very Different Place
|
| (04.27.05) |
Will
the Courts Waive the Flag?
The FCC's Broadcast Flag for DTV Is Under Siege. The Outcome Will
Weigh on Digital Radio
|
| (04.13.05) |
Radio's
New Venues and Ventures
The Audience Is Changing. Can Radio Keep Up?
|
| (03.30.05) |
One
Song, Many Voices
Broadcasters' Content Can Flow to Listeners by Multiple Avenues
|
| (03.16.05) |
The
Single-Platform Era Is Ending
Over-the-Air Delivery Is Becoming Just One of Many Paths to Listeners'
Ears
|
| (03.02.05) |
Surround:
One Small Step for a Radio ...
...One Giant Leap for an Industry?
|
| (02.16.05) |
Where
No Radio Has Gone Before
A Look Back at Surround's Development While Radio Was Avoiding the
Technology
|
| (02.02.05) |
Is
Radio Really Surround-Sound Bound?
As Radio Looks at Enhanced Audio Formats, Consider Options And History
of Surround Sound
|
| (01.19.05) |
Digital
Radio, Surrounded
Adding Surround Sound to Digital Radio Is Under Serious Debate Worldwide
|
| (01.05.05) |
Raising
the Digital Radio Flag
There is no equivalent to the DTV 'broadcast flag' for digital radio,
but this could change soon
|
| (12.15.04) |
Is
There a Flag in Radio's Future?
New Rules Will Add Content Protection Measures to DTV. Is Digital
Radio Next?
|
| (12.01.04) |
More
Ideas on FCC Restructuring
There's No Shortage of Suggestions On How to Retool the Commission
|
| (11.17.04) |
How
to Renovate Radio Regulation
A Look at Various Plans That Have Been Proposed for Restructuring
the FCC
|
| (11.03.04) |
Around
the World in 80 DABs
The 80+ Members of the WorldDAB Forum Met Recently to Consider Digital
Radio's Status Around the Globe
|
| (10.20.04) |
Radio
Sports: Another Format at Risk?
Once a Revered Part of Radio Broadcasting, Sports May Be the Next
Lost Format
|
| (09.24.04) |
Digital
Radio's Sweet Spot
The Fungibility Limits of the DAB Ensemble's Bitstream Are Being
Tested in the U.K.
|
| (09.08.04) |
Taking
Public Radio Private
XM Is Now Producing Original Programming in the Public Radio Style
|
| (09.01.04) |
Radio
Subtracts the Ads
Converging forces are causing the radio industry to rethink its
revenue model.
|
| (08.11.04) |
Rethinking
DAB North of the Border
Canada Considers Subscription Radio Services, Including Eureka-147
Terrestrial Broadcasting
|
| (08.01.04) |
Duking
It Out Over Datacasting
Will digital radio data be able to compete with other emerging services?
|
| (07.14.04) |
Radio
Copes With Insufficient Data
As the Industry Considers IBOC Datacasting, Uncertainty Reigns
|
| (07.01.04) |
Dawning
of a New Day for Data
Will Data Broadcasting in IBOC Succeed Where Other Services Failed?
|
| (06.16.04) |
Until
the End of (Real) Time
Delay makes real-time broadcasting a thing of the past in the not-so-distant
future
|
| (06.02.04) |
The
Fundamentals of Supplementals
Some FM Broadcasters Consider Their Options for Supplemental Audio
Services on HD Radio
|
| (05.19.04) |
Digital
Music Gains Legitimacy
The Emergence of Legal Digital Music Downloading Means More Competition
for Listeners' Ears
|
| (05.05.04) |
The
Curious Challenge of Coexistence
Some Food for Thought About the Future of a Hybrid Terrestrial-Satellite
Radio Marketplace
|
| (04.23.04) |
Down
Home From Up High
The Issue of localized content delivered via satellite radio
stirs debate.
|
| (04.07.04) |
Grace
Under Pressure
New satellite services are driving FM broadcasters to improve a
format that hasn't seen significant change in decades.
|
| (03.28.04) |
The
BritDAB Invasion
As digital radio succeeds in the U.K., the rest of the world should
learn why
|
| (03.10.04) |
Productivity's
Pendulum: More Is Less
Do Quality and Quantity Have a Zero-Sum Relationship?
|
| (03.01.04) |
Gained
in Translation
As A Purveyor of Language, Radio Reflects Our Changing Habits of
Speech
|
| (02.01.04) |
Reinventing
U.S. Patent Policy
Government, Industry Agree: Something
|
| (01.14.04) |
Acacia,
Eolas and Other IP Landmarks
U.S. Patent Law Is Under Review, Spurred Largely by Recent Trends
in Digital Media
|
| (01.14.04) |
Sleepers
Awake!
A New Scrolling Display Livens Up RDS Radios
|
| (01.02.04) |
A
New Year's IBOC Scorecard
As an Active Year for Digital Radio Comes to a Close, Here's a View
of HD-Radio's Ups And Downs
|
| (12.17.03) |
Nested
Rights? The IP Wars Rage On
Digital Media Are Causing Substantial Revision in the Field of Intellectual
Property Law Worldwide
|
| (11.19.03) |
What
PARs Will Mean for Radio
The concept of local storage on a radio is new and could
provide golden opportunities.
|
| (11.05.03) |
PAR
for the Course
How Likely Is the Success of the 'Personal Audio Recorder'?
|
| (09.01.03) |
Digital,
Everywhere But Here
While digital radio broadcasting has been far less than a killer application
anywhere to date, there are signs of life showing in several venues.
|
| (08.01.03) |
Wi-Fi
May Rock Radio's World
Today's Technology May Be Just the Beginning of a New Era
for Wireless Media
|
| (07.16.03) |
Wi-Fi's
Impact on Digital Media
For broadcasters, Wi-Fi's success means consumer demand for rich
online content will increase dramatically.
|
| (07.02.03) |
802.11:
Cheap, Easy, Efficient
As Wi-Fi Continues to Evolve and Expand, A Closer Look Reveals Its
Strengths and Weaknesses
|
| (06.18.03) |
Whither
Wireless?
Widespread Wi-Fi May Have a Significant Impact on Future Internet
Radio Usage
|
| (05.21.03) |
Of
HAPS and Strats and Stratellites
A New Class of Transmission Systems Splits the Difference Between
Terrestrial and Satellite Broadcasting.
|
| (04.23.03) |
A
Launch PAD to the Future
Program-Associated Data Is an Important Feature of Emerging Radio
Services
|
| (04.07.03) |
Radio
Broadcasters Can Learn a Lot From the DTV Transition
As U.S. radio broadcasters finally begin their digital transition,
they can observe and benefit from the experience that U.S. television
broadcasters have gained in their corresponding process, already in
progress. |
| (03.26.03) |
What's
Ahead for Menu-Driven Radio
Broadcasters Should Be Cooking Up Services Now To Appeal to the
Tastes of Future Users
|
| (03.01.03) |
Tomorrow
Radio Could 'Save IBOC'
NPR's Bold Move to Add Secondary Audio Might Drive Consumer Demand
for HD Radio Receivers
|
| (01.15.03) |
Will
HD Radio Be a Royal(ty) Pain?
Once broadcasters have crossed the IBOC Rubicon, the RIAA
will be in a strong bargaining position.
|
| (01.01.03) |
It's
About Time
Keeping Track of Time Around the World Requires a Complex Algorithm
|
| (12.18.02) |
Zeroes,
Ones and Pullman Coaches
The Transition to Digital Media Technology Mimics an Earlier
Process of Time Management
|
| (12.04.02) |
FCC's
Initial Rulemaking on IBOC Could Doom It to Failure
Much punditry has already been expended on the FCC's landmark launch
of IBOC radio broadcasting in October. With this action, the commission
allowed adventurous broadcasters to set sail on an as-yet-uncharted
digital sea. |
| (11.20.02) |
To
Look Ahead, Try Looking Back
A Historical Analysis of the Transition to FM Sheds Some
Light on the Prospects for HD Radio
|
| (11.06.02) |
Is
That a Symphony I Hear?
Motorola's New DSP-Based Receiver Core Could Be Music to Broadcasters'
Ears
|
| (10.09.02) |
At
IBC, New Directions for DAB
European Developments Address Slow Growth of Digital With New, Non-Audio
Services
|
| (09.25.02) |
The
Bar Continues to Move Higher
The Ear Is a Stern Judge of Quality, and Radio Must Measure
Up
|
| (09.11.02) |
What's
Your Importance Quotient?
Here's a Simple Way to Assess Your Personal Standing in the Universe
|
| (07.17.02) |
Rubbing
Listeners the Wrong Way
Some Hands-On Research Reveals Deep Tensions and Puts
the Finger on Solutions
|
| (07.03.02) |
Radio
Applications of MPEG-7
Practical Uses Are Emerging for This Metadata Standard
|
| (06.19.02) |
IBOC
DAB, in the Public Eye
Pubcasters Press for Standardized New Services and Elimination
of License Fees
|
| (05.22.02) |
Concerns
About IBOC Grow
Numerous Issues Have Emerged That Could Block The Progress
or Threaten the Ultimate Success of Ibiquity's Proposals
|
| (04.24.02) |
The
IBOC Debate Continues
Industry Reaction to IBOC Prospects Grows on a Number of
Fronts
Just as the FCC considers IBOC, Ibiquity is underscoring the precedent-setting,
proprietary nature of its proposal by deploying its licensing arrangement
to broadcasters.
|
| (03.27.02) |
IBOC
Raises Eyebrows
Official and Unofficial Comments Focus on Next Steps
As broadcasters begin to envision an IBOC world, some practical
issues are being aired ... while some of these may be premature, thinking
ahead is preferable to being blindsided in the business world. |
| (03.14.02) |
Response
to Guy Wires 3/13/02 posting
Guy Wire has presented a thoughtful and metaphorically rich
rebuttal to several points from my Big Picture column in the March
1 issue of RW. Let me respond, in turn, to a few of Guys comments
here.
|
| (03.01.02) |
FMX+RBDS=IBOC
Will the Same Formula for Failure That Befell Past Attempts
at FM Improvement Apply to IBOC as Well? As IBOC works it way toward
seeming deployment, there are many questions for broadcasters to ponder. |
| (02.01.02) |
Every
Verbage Can Be Nouned
Techno-Speak Can Drive a English Teacher Crazy
I recently attended a technical meeting in which one delegate
good-naturedly complained about someone else's use of the word "transition"
as a verb. |
| (01.16.02) |
Is
It Platinum or Iridium?
Many readers will recall from high-school physics that one
of the metric systems references for the standardized length
of a meter was a rod of platinum-iridium alloy. |