Trust me, I'm not in favor of this kind of concession. I agree with you that iBiquity's efforts have been tantamount to extortion. I would much rather go with the voluntary concessions that are in the proposal. But if it comes down to a compromise, I agree with Newman that this might be less harmful than meets the eye -- especially if IB pays for it.
In other words, if including HD chips is the difference between 8% and 25% spectrum, then iBiquity better start getting to work.