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With the release - at last - of one of the first HD-capable radio receivers on the market, satellite radio may be in for some competition, according to MSNBC. Using the digital broadcasting system from iBiquity (the only one approved in the U.S.), the Boston Acoustics Recepter Radio HD (retailing for about $500) can receive the digital versions of regular AM and FM stations. And the difference in sound from analog, writes columnist Gary Krakow, “ranges from subtle to wow!”
In October, radio broadcasters had been told the Boston Acoustics HD radio would not be ready to ship until January, missing the holiday season. But, in fact, shipments were begun in late November.
Broadcasting companies such as Clear Channel and Crawford have been rushing to transmit digital signals.
Though off-air online and experiential advertising grew modestly as a part of the overall radio revenue pie, and election-related political ads increased in Q3, total radio ad revenues were down 9% to $4.97 billion for Q3 and down 10% for…
Glamour magazine is running its photo of Britney Spears not only on the cover of the U.S. edition, but on the covers in seven other countries, as well.
Britney will grace Russia, Sweden and Greece’s editions of Glamour, among others.…
Titan Worldwide has signed a five-year deal with the Delaware River Port Authority to manage out-of-home advertising for the Port Authority Transit corp.
The contract covers advertising on PATCO’s rail service and stations between Southern New Jersey and Philadelphia, writes Mediaweek.…
Publicis has acquired full-service agency W&K Communications, continuing its Asia expansion that began several years ago.
W&K will be pulled under the umbrella of Publicis’s Burnett agency network, and will be renamed Leo Burnett Beijing Advertising, writes Adweek.
Other recent Publicis…
With only four weeks separating Thanksgiving and Christmas this year, Cyber Monday One (December 1) and Cyber Monday Two (December 
may command a greater share of online sales than they have in years past - thus increasing the importance…
Top American non-luxury auto brands received higher ratings and less negative comments from online consumers than competing Japanese brands, according to an analysis of consumer opinions collected from automotive review websites by Biz360, MarketingCharts reports.
The research, which aggregated a year’s…
