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Broadcasters Form European HD Radio Alliance
October 29, 2007
Source: iBiquity Digital Corporation
iBiquity Digital
Corporation, the developer of digital HD Radio technology,
today announced that European broadcasters have formed the
European HD Radio Alliance, an organization designed to promote
and support the deployment of HD Radio technology throughout
the continent.
The first meeting of the European HD Radio Alliance took place
earlier this month in Lucerne, Switzerland, during which time
the following officials were unanimously elected:
Chairman - Juerg Bachmann, Energy Zurich, Switzerland
Vice Chairman – Andriy Karpiy, First Ukrainian
Radio Group, Ukraine
General Secretary – Markus Ruoss, Ruoss AG und
Radio Sunshine, Switzerland
General Director – Andrea Sentinelli, Europejskie
Radio dia Bialorusi, Poland
Treasurer – Perry Priestley, iBiquity Digital,
USA
“With a number of countries in Europe
testing or deploying HD Radio technology, we believe that
now is the right time to form an organization to share our
experiences and help coordinate our collective marketing efforts,”
said Juerg Bachmann, chairman, European HD Radio Alliance.
“We look forward to working together to raise awareness
of HD Radio technology and its many benefits for European
broadcasters and consumers.”
The European HD Radio Alliance meeting coincided with the
“HD Radio Days” event in Lucerne. In this year’s
second annual event, managers of the HD Radio field trial
in Central Switzerland hosted over 200 specialists from 13
countries. HD Radio Days featured presentations from prominent
speakers on both the regulatory and commercial sides of the
broadcast industry who discussed the latest developments in
HD Radio broadcasting. HD Radio workshops were also held on
topics such as surround-sound, addressability and the Electronic
Program Guide.
“We are excited to see broadcasters in Europe join their
colleagues in Brazil and the U.S. in forming their own HD
Radio Alliance,” said Robert Struble, president and CEO
of iBiquity Digital Corporation, developers of HD Radio technology.
“Europe continues to be at the forefront of international
HD Radio deployment, and we look forward to working closely
with this group in their efforts to promote HD Radio technology
to a wider audience.”
Brazilian broadcasters founded the Brazilian Alliance for
Digital Radio in November 2006; the U.S.-based HD Digital
Radio Alliance was formed in December 2005.
About iBiquity Digital
iBiquity Digital Corporation is the developer of the HD Radio
system which is powering the AM/FM digital radio revolution.
This transformational technology allows AM and FM stations to
broadcast digital signals in tandem with their analog signals,
providing broadcasters with a platform to deliver multiple channels
of programming on the same frequency (HD2 multicasting); crystal-clear,
CD-quality sound; advanced services such as traffic updates;
and text information. More than 1,500 U.S. HD Radio stations
are on the air, with nearly half of those offering additional
content via multicast channels. HD Radio technology is being
or has been tested in many countries throughout the world, including
Argentina, Australia, Bosnia, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic,
France, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines,
Poland, Switzerland, Thailand and Ukraine. For more information,
please visit http://www.hdradio.com
and http://www.ibiquity.com.
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