[opendtv] News: Britain's "FCC" Sees The End Of The FM Radio Road
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: OpenDTV Mail List <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 08:41:25 -0500
Hmmmmm...
When you move to an infrastructure that can deliver massive amounts
of bits to fixed, mobile and portable receivers, at some point you
realize that separate services for radio, TV and data are redundant...
Regards
Craig
http://www.radioink.com/headlineentry.asp?hid=135985&pt=inkheadlines
Britain's "FCC" Sees The End Of The FM Radio Road
Ofcom is the United Kingdom's version of the FCC, and, after
concluding that services such as mobile television could make better
use of the FM spectrum, sees the eventual end to FM radio, although
it may be several decades before that actually happens.
MediaGuardian.co.uk reports that, according to a document on the
future of radio, the British broadcast regulator said that it would
also look at whether AM spectrum could be released
for other uses. The potential phasing out of FM radio has been pushed
to the front burner of Ofcom's agenda following the rapid growth in
digital radio.
In a statement, the regulator said, "We have no immediate plans to
switch off FM radio and would not do so without fully considering the
impact on consumers, but in the long term other services may make
more efficient use of the spectrum used by existing FM radio services
and may provide a better consumer outcome. This could mean an end to
the broadcasting on FM of those commercial and BBC services that are
also available on digital."
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