Hi, the site I mentionned just the other day when Alex asked: www.radiotoday.co.uk Cheers Dave From: James O'Dell Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 11:09 AM To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: Interesting article concerning dab radio in Germanydigital radio Hi Dave Any sources for this info? Thanks James ----- Original Message ----- From: Dave Taylor To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 3:02 AM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Interesting article concerning dab radio in Germanydigital radio Hi, This is all slightly out of date now I'm pleased to say. It lookes like Global and GCAP will agree a deal and Global have made it clear they don't want any of the digital stations closing and they disagree with GCAP's assessment of the situation. They have already made it clear they will invest in National 1 and asked for stations such as Planet Rock not to be closed. Undoubtedly this will lead to some consolidation, such as merging The Arrow and Planet Rock, and probably rationalisation of multiplexes, so be prepared for some rescanning of your sets. Cheers Dave From: Steve Holmes Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 12:33 AM To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: Interesting article concerning dab radio in Germanydigital radio 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ray's Home Sent: 08 March 2008 09:10 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 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 I can be contacted off-list at: mailto:ray-48@xxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- 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. Get your FREE SECURE email account from www.topmail.co.uk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. 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