[cma-l] Go Digital: full text of speech by Ed Vaizey

[tlr at gairloch.co.uk]

Yes, and of the 45% who do have a DAB radio in the house, I wonder how many FM
radios they also have, not just as conventional sets around the house, but in
hi-fis, alarm clocks, phones, cars, even showers!

It's quite interesting/entertaining to see the spin put on DAB at its launch
around 20 years ago:
* DAB Promotion Video 1994 (1)
<http://nnis.se/dokument/DAB/DAB_The_New_Age_Of_Radio_PART1.wmv>
* DAB Promotion Video 1994 (2)
<http://nnis.se/dokument/DAB/DAB_The_New_Age_Of_Radio_PART2.wmv>
Alex

> On 17 December 2013 at 16:21 Richard Hilton <Richard.Hilton at bitc.org.uk>
> wrote:
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>  Let’s compare some statistics from this speech:-
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>  ‘The BBC’s national DAB network now reaches 94% of homes.’
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>  ‘The commercial national DAB network (Digital One) coverage is now at 89%.’
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>  All very positive until you read that:-
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>  ‘45% of people now live in homes with a DAB radio’
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>  So 55% of people live in a home without a DAB radio. Anyone got any
> statistics about where people mostly listen to the radio?
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>  Richard
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