Tom Lowry writes:
... For 2007, the industry will sell a few HD receivers, but 10 years from now, everyone will have one. "It's that kind of thing. It will happen without a ripple," says Schadler. ¶ But even that kind of adoption by consumers could come with hiccups. "The industry is saying this could roll out gradually like FM did," says Robert Unmacht, a partner in radio consultancy IN3 Partners. "There's one problem with that. It's called broadband." Unmacht says he uses a Sprint broadband card in his laptop now and listens to radio streamed from the Internet when driving his car. In the coming years, he says, broadband will be delivered directly into the cars themselves. And even though radio is free, people will be willing to pay for that technology in their cars, he contends. ...
Link: BusinessWeek. Anyone want to take a bet on how long it will take to marry HD Radio receivers with IP-to-the-dashboard via SMIL? --Dennis
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