HD Radio™ Telematics Highlighted at ITS World Congress

Columbia, MD – November 19, 2008 – Joseph D’Angelo, Vice President of Advanced Services for iBiquity Digital Corporation, the developer of digital HD Radio technology for AM and FM broadcasting, will speak on Thursday at the ITS World Congress 2008, running from November 16 through the 20 at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City.

“New services such as real-time traffic and location-based information are rolling out today using the HD Radio platform,” D’Angelo comments. “The ITS World Congress is the ideal forum to discuss the technology’s capabilities and the advances we and our partners are making.”

Titled HD Radio Technology and Protocols: An Efficient Delivery Method for Infotainment and Telematics Content, D’Angelo’s presentation is part of the Thursday afternoon technology session How Vehicle Telematics Changes Society, moderated by Rudolf Meitzner from the Car 2 Car Communication Consortium.

In his presentation, D’Angelo will review HD Radio technology’s basic broadcast structure and the anatomy of HD Radio advanced application services. He will review HD Radio technology’s capabilities from the simplest program service data (station ID, song title and article, weather and other alerts) to multicasting and iTunes® Tagging to the HD Radio Data Transport Protocol and encryption scheme for conditional access services.

About iBiquity Digital
iBiquity Digital Corporation is the developer of the digital HD Radio™ system, which is fueling the digital radio revolution in the United States and around the world. Over 1,800 HD Radio AM and FM stations are on the air in the United States, with over 900 new HD2/HD3 multicast channels. The only digital broadcast technology approved by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for AM and FM radio in the United States, HD Radio technology allows stations to broadcast digital signals in tandem with their analog signals, providing broadcasters with a platform to offer crystal-clear, CD-quality sound and scrolling text and graphics; as well as multiple channels of programming on the same FM frequency (multicasting) and advanced services such as traffic updates; content…all subscription free.

There are more than 80 HD Radio products for sale at over 14,000 stores and online. HD Radio technology has also made great inroads in the automotive sector with factory-installed options announced by Audi, BMW, Ford, Hyundai, Jaguar, Lincoln, Mercedes, MINI, Mercury, Scion, and Volvo. Beyond the U.S., commercial implementation of HD Radio technology is gaining momentum around the world.

iBiquity Digital's investors include 15 of the nation's top radio broadcasters, including ABC, Clear Channel and CBS Radio; leading financial institutions, such as Grotech Capital Group, J.P. Morgan Partners, New Venture Partners, FirstMark Capital and Flatiron Partners; and strategic partners Intel Capital, Ford Motor Company, and Harris. Founded in 2000, iBiquity Digital is a privately held company with operations in Columbia, MD, Detroit, MI, and Basking Ridge, NJ. For more information, please visit http://www.hdradio.com and http://www.ibiquity.com.
 

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