A "sidebar" is a term used to imply a story related to another story or article. But a TDGA Side-Bar is an article not covered by TDGA Staffers, but rather by other leading broadcast news sources. We offer a brief overview and link to the actual source. Click On The Headline to access the articles listed and dozens more from the past week:
07/03/08:
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| Jerry Del Colliano |
As Kurt Hanson reported in RAIN recently: The ASCAP has proposed to the Radio Music License Committee that HD2 radio pay a music license royalty. Broadcasters maintain that since they're generating no revenue from their HD2 channels, a royalty isn't justified. In making their case, the ASCAP cited research, long ago debunked, that predicted 30 million HD receivers in the market by 2012. It looks like the record industry is going to stuff the braggadocio that the HD Alliance calls promotion down their throats. TDGA Members can check out this viewpoint. Unfortunately- There may be smoke here. Click on the headline above to access the colimn.
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| Keene |
New York Governor David Patterson is expected to sign a bill that's cleared both the New York Assembly and Senate. However the proposed Broadcast Employees Freedom to Work Act specifically does not cover management. The law would do away with those lengthy periods following employment at one station before being able to seek employment at another station in the same basic geographic location. TDGA Members can click on the headline above to access our thoughts concerning the legislation. We’ve made an effort to try to retain a fair and balanced reasoning of both points of view.
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| Jerry Del Colliano |
Chrysler announced recently that starting with many of next year's models, it will offer a new option that will include WiFi's capability to bring the Internet to the car as a dealer installed option. Luckily for the radio industry the auto industry is also in the tank. Now, drivers and their passengers will have access to email while in the car as well as the ability to surf thousands and thousands of Internet streams. Meaning More choi8ces and radio's exclusivity is lost. TDGA Members can click on the headline above to touch base with Jerry's latest thoughts on the perils of radio.
