[access-uk] Re: Interesting article concerning dab radio in Germanydigital radio
- From: "Dave Taylor" <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 09:31:28 -0000
Hi, well now is the perfect time to review DAB anyway. With EMAP having been
taken over and GCAP probably about to be, plus the launch of the national 2
multiplex, things are changing fast. If Global take over GCAP as they are
trying, lets hope they impose their standards on GCAP DAB stations as they are
consistently the best quality transmitted DAB stations, and their Switch
Digital multiplexes seem to fit more stations at higher quality than any other
multiplexes.It'll be interesting to see which tier of multiplexes they divest
though, probably their part share in their regionals I would guess where there
is overlap with GCAP owned outright multiplexes, but who knows. They may also
have to sell the Heart stations under ownership regulations, but I'm sure there
would be fierce competition for those. There is also a DAB list at Yahoogroups
if anybody is interested, and it is very quiet.
Cheers
Dave
From: Ray's Home
Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2008 9:09 AM
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
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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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