[access-uk] Re: Interesting article concerning dab radio in Germanydigital radio
- From: "Steve Holmes" <steve.holmes1@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 23:33:40 -0000
Hi, Sorry for not replying to this post earlier. It is pretty certain now
that DAB in the UK is now not thought to be quite the big thing. G.cap
Media is pulling the plug shortly on its two DAB only stations Planet Rock
and The Jazz as they don't provide the revenue they thought. Being the UK's
largest owner of commercial radio stations they want to concentrate on their
big profit making stations like Classic FM and Capital. When profit margins
are tight future investments such as their DAB operation get scrapped. Also
G.Cap are fighting off a hostile takeover by Global who want to buy them
out.
Steve
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Ray's Home
Sent: 08 March 2008 09:10
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Subject: [access-uk] Re: Interesting article concerning dab radio in
Germanydigital radio
Good to have this post here, and I've not seen it on the UK Radio list, but
another article I saw in the last few days stated that around 200,000 DAB
sets had been sold in Germany, and this with a population of 81 million!
MeanwhleMeanwhile, another source, reported on UK Radio, says that secret
talks are in progress here in the UK about DAB's here here!
I find this very saddening because I feel that with more thought and wiser
Government policy DAB could have been, should have been, so much better. I
don't regard the internet as a real alternative either.
Cheers,
From Ray
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of
Peter Beasley
Sent: 7 March 2008 12:04PM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Interesting article concerning dab radio in
Germanydigital radio
EMERGING TECHNOLOGY: GERMAN PUBLIC RADIO TO ABANDON EUREKA 147
A once prominent digital audio broadcasting format soon could be a
technical achievement of the past in one European nation. This, as an
oversight organization in Germany says its time to stop supporting
Eureka 147. The organization responsible for setting fiscal policy for
public
broadcasting in Germany has deemed the Eureka-147 Digital Audio
Broadcasting codec unworthy of further investment. The KEF which
oversees the financial aspect of DAB is calling for the equivalent of
about $246 million slated to fund public-service DAB projects from 2009
to 2012 to be reallocated to other projects.
Since 2001, some $266 million has been allocated to KEF for Digital
Audio Broadcasting projects. In explaining its recommendation to halt
such funding after 2008, KEF said that receiver options remained
limited in Germany and that public support for FM radio and the
availability of satellite radio, Internet radio, podcasts and other
outlets have changed the nature of radio broadcasting since DAB was
first envisioned.But there is some strong opposition to such a phase out. A
group
called the Initiative Marketing Digital Radio is a European consortium
of receiver manufacturers, transmitter network operators, program
providers and institutions backing the DAB standard. It warns that
Germany moving away from Eureka 147 could cause chaos. It says this is
because the digitalization of broadcasting is unstoppable.
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