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FCC Approves Digital Radio, Kills Satellite Merger

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the new-media-stream dept.

n8willis writes "...Just saw this AP article on Excite news: the FCC has just approved the first upgrade in broadcast radio technology in decades. It allows "CD quality" digital signals to be simulcast by stations along with their traditional analog feed. The tech comes from some company called iBiquity, and unlike Sirius or XM satellite radio, there will be no charge for listening. Some radio buff want to tell us what they know about this concept?" And wiredog writes "The Federal Communications Commission has voted 4-0 to reject a $26 billion merger between satellite TV providers Echostar Communications and Hughes Electronics.

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  1. Slashdotted... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    If their compression system is as good as their server, then it probably won't have much of an impact...

  2. Re:4 voting members? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You are wrong, Kruella is Katherine Harris from Florida, everybody knows that!