[citation][nom]Wikipedia / Zune_HD[/nom]A trailer appeared on the Xbox Live Video Service on June 1, 2009, during the E3 2009 Microsoft Press Conference. They announced that the current Zune Marketplace and Xbox Live Video Service will be merged to create Zune Video, bringing the Zune brand to Xbox Live in 7 countries[6]; the United States, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Germany, Ireland and Spain.[/citation] +
Right now we are focused on deploying an exciting service in the form of Zune Video
to 18 markets. We are looking at potential future hardware experiences for these markets, but do not have anything to announce right now.
= We will be testing our service in other countries, in order to see if it is profitable for US to lunch Zune HD there.
[citation][nom]Wikipedia / HD Radio[nom] HD Radio equipped stations pay a one-time licensing fee for converting their primary audio channel to iBiquity's HD Radio technology, and 3% of incremental net revenues for any additional digital subchannels. The cost of converting a radio station can run between $100,000 and $200,000. Receiver manufacturers pay a royalty.[/citation]
I think people are smart enough to realize that it's all about money, it would be wiser to support the
DAB+ digital radio technology than the
HD Radio. Just read about it on Wikipedia and you will see that DAB+ is just getting better and better and will be supported in more and more countries as time goes by.