Thoughts and Theories From Roger Andre
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Monday 13 October 2008, 1:51 AM
Digital Audio Broadcast. Is There a Future?
Channel 4 are pulling the plug on their DAB radio stations. The reason being that it is an unaffordable enterprise for them. Pull the other one!!
It could be more to do with the fact that it tends not to work well in cars, or on the move in general. The units that are available for cars have to keep switching to FM mode as the signal breaks up, a recipie for frustration considering that there is much greater choice and you'd end up being shunted around stations. Let's face it, if it wont do the business in cars then that's a huge market share out of the window.
Anyway the BBC has vowed to plow on with the enterprise, having sunk in many millions of our pounds into what still amounts to a project. With boxes that go online and tune in to web radio set to become popular, it seems to me that the future looks bleak for DAB. Shame really because the choice available was a breath of fresh air when compared to the trivia on the FM band (got that radio 4)!?
It could be more to do with the fact that it tends not to work well in cars, or on the move in general. The units that are available for cars have to keep switching to FM mode as the signal breaks up, a recipie for frustration considering that there is much greater choice and you'd end up being shunted around stations. Let's face it, if it wont do the business in cars then that's a huge market share out of the window.
Anyway the BBC has vowed to plow on with the enterprise, having sunk in many millions of our pounds into what still amounts to a project. With boxes that go online and tune in to web radio set to become popular, it seems to me that the future looks bleak for DAB. Shame really because the choice available was a breath of fresh air when compared to the trivia on the FM band (got that radio 4)!?
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