All posts by Michael Rogers
Below are all of Michael Rogers's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
For the foreseeable future, the bottom line remains the ratio between cost and listener statistics. The plan to entice listeners from FM to DAB is patently failing. "Too many" are too content with FM to wish to invest in an equal number of DAB radios. Internet music downloads are more popular than DAB music, especially with younger generations. I imagine that the legalities will be revised if this would move the good ship DAB forward. Too many conflicting uncertainties!
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"The one problem with this is Leicestershire is East Midlands not West so the local news would not be local."
Piffling minutiae. Ofcom knows best...
Genuflect!
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France had L-band plans, both for terrestrial and for mobile reception, which would be an ideal implementation. Methinks we don't do sensible...
Commercial operators will spend as little as possible to obtain the maximum revenue. Low power to high- density populations is ideal for advertising revenue, shareholders and bonus payments.
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Nico, hopefully somebody with a tivu box in the UK can help.You will almost certainly find hints on Italian blogs, but you might need to persevere in searching to find relevant and reliable information. There may be a time limit on the subscription registered to your codice fiscale. In this case you would need to re-register and obtain a new card. You could try removing and re-inserting your current card, resetting to factory default with the card, or without it before re-inserting it. If in doubt, do a thorough search of Italian websites first.
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The safer option would be to obtain a Tivureceiver registered to a codice fiscale in Italy. However, many broadcasts are still free-to-view on 13°E. Remember, we are all in the European Union which garantees free movement of goods and services - unless capitalist and mafia-suspect shareholder profits determine otherwise...
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Sergio : there are many possible reasons!
Double check the communal dish is not on another satellite for Arabic channels. If it is definitely on 13°E Hotbird, ask fellow tenants if they can receive RAI etc. If so,
there is a problem with your coax cable to the distribution box. You will probably need to contact the installer. If the communal dish is not on 13°E, you might be able to appeal to the Council on the grounds of equality, your cultural needs etc.If all else fails, you could mount a small dish on a movable tripod just high enough to peek over the railing at the satellite and painted to blend in with the background. Only put it out when viewing; take it in when not viewing. Fiddly, but a non-permanent dish, almost not visible, should escape the interest of the Council.
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What insertion loss in dB can be expected?
For some with fringe reception, this might mean
falling of the "cliff edge".
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Carmine, you need a 60cm dish pointing at the Hotbird satellite at 13°E and a satellite receiver. A Freesat receiver will be fine for any one satellite, but a Freeview receiver only receives terrestrial television through an old-style television roof aerial. See previous posts here about Tivu from Italy if you want all the main Italian channels all the time. A standard non-Tivu satellite receiver will not receive some prime-time broadcasts. Only mainstream TVE Internacional and 24 Horas are free-to view on 13°E in Spanish - plus a few minor channels.
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Brian : will any of the current HD receivers
not be compatible with the new DVB/T2 standard?
The document implies that the cunning plan is to "encourage" consumers to invest in new equipment so as to receive the interim services and later the all DVB/T2. Whether or not 700MHz is later cleared, consumers should be informed NOW which equipment will become redundant in a few years time. Some will find repeated landfill-and-replace unduly expensiv - and confusing.
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Friday 28 September 2012 11:51PM
It does indeed look as though the status quo will hold sway for years to come : most car-radios being without DAB favours FM. Static DAB receivers are too many to be dumped for DAB+. How many listen to digital radio on their Freeview television? Unless through a set-top box feeding a hi-fi system for arm-chair listening, it would seem to have little appeal. It would make better sense to abandon Freeview radio and keep FM - and local AM in some areas. Webradio, especially with higher bit-rates, offers cost-effective broadcasting and immense choice - and will be even more attractive when 3G and 4G flatrates allow for affordable mobile listening.