IBiquity Digital said Tues. it had coined the name ‘HDC’ (for ‘HD...
IBiquity Digital said Tues. it had coined the name “HDC” (for “HD Codec") for the “revised” proprietary codec installed to fix AM audio quality artifacts that prompted the DAB subgroup of the National Radio Systems Committee to suspend its…
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in-band, on-channel (IBOC) standardization effort in May. The subgroup’s chmn., Milford Smith of Greater Media, was quoted in the iBiquity announcement as saying “very serious consideration” would be given to resuming the standardization process as a result of “spectacular” improvements HDC would afford. It’s presumed the subgroup will announce formal resumption of standards setting following demonstrations of HDC planned for today (Wed.) at NPR studios in Washington. IBiquity CEO Robert Struble conceded his company had hoped to have receivers on store shelves by now. Referring to “the thousands” of receivers it had hoped would be sold in 2003, Struble said: “Clearly, that’s in jeopardy. But thus far, we're tracking very well for ‘04.” Struble also said iBiquity was “not that far off” from projections he made at last Jan. CES that 300 stations would be beaming HD Radio signals by year-end.