Ofcom DAB switchover coverage planning proposals
The proposals cover the most pressing needs for the DAB network:
- provision of local radio DAB for those areas with no current coverage
- coverage of both homes and in-car use
- the addition of a new block (5A) that will allow the local radio blocks to expand to fill the "editorial" coverage areas to match the current FM areas
- the use of 99%/99% DAB prediction for indoor home reception, and normal car use.
Of particular interest are:
- FM current coverage maps and tables which show maps for the current BBC local radio and largest commercial local radio for each "editorial region".
- Local DAB build-out plans that show the expected coverage for each DAB area after various plans have been implemented.
Ofcom is asking for responses using this online form: Responding to the DAB Coverage Planning consultation by 5pm on 14 September 2011.
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Friday, 29 July 2011
Nedbod: Surelt, it can't have escaped your attention that Freesat and Sky are the same transmissions from the same satellites?
The BBC do not wish to run a second multiplex, as it would double their costs and those people wanting higher bitrates can use Freesat/Freeview (MPEG2, L3) and online (AAC).
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Monday, 8 August 2011
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Trevor Harris9:50 AM
Interesting stat I came across. Only one in five radios sold in the UK have DAB!. You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink.
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Trevor Harris: As rebutted at Lies, statistics, and anti-DAB campaigners - James Cridland .
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Steve P7:34 PM
Brian - your quote (extract follows) is not a rebuttal at all. It agrees with the statistic, but objects that it includes multi function devices.
So what. It is if anything worse to make a multi-function devide obsolete than a dedicated one. I USE many of the devices quoted. I want to carry on using them. Most of them will outlive me.
Your link also points out that DAB "reach" is NOT the 26% often quoted, but only 16%.
By all means let those who want DAB have it. But let those of us who do not, not bother.
HANDS OFF FM.
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<< 8.5 million radios were bought last year in the UK but only 22% had a DAB tuner. Why dont listeners want DAB radio? Why are 78% of people who go and buy a new radio opting for just FM and AM coverage?
In fact, Ofcom calls them radio devices, for a very good reason: theyre not all primarily bought as radios. Theyre quoting GFK figures, who define these radio devices (fig 7) as portable radios, personal media players, car audio systems, home audio systems, clock radios, radio recorders, headphone stereos, tuners and receivers. Its difficult to argue that the primary purpose of an iPod Nano, which has an FM radio in it, is as a radio: or, for that matter, a car. Radios ubiquity in new devices means that you see a lot of devices having radio inside. >>
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