[cma-l] Raspberries, Steroids and Low Cost DAB

Wed Dec 3 11:09:20 GMT 2014

Alan

It was meant to be an acknowledgement of the progress made and reduction in
cost in accessing this type of platform.  Not a like for like comparison
with five years ago.

What's more ... I never said anything about running a station myself.

Cat

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On 3 December 2014 at 09:37, Alan Coote <alan.coote at 5digital.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi Cat,
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> If you looked at the stats 5 years ago DAB listening was very low. In fact
> so low that the numbers were often amalgamated with other digital (online
> and digital TV) to make them look better.
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> If the choice was either/ or then any station that can’t be made to work
> on FM, definitely wouldn’t work on DAB.
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> Small scale DAB offers very welcome access to digital. But, if you
> crunched some numbers I think you’d find that the cost per listener on DAB
> are higher than FM so your advertising rate would need to be higher, making
> it less attractive to advertisers.
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> Kind Regards
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> Alan
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> *From:* cma-l-bounces at mailman.commedia.org.uk [mailto:
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> *Sent:* 03 December 2014 08:44
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> *Subject:* Re: [cma-l] Raspberries, Steroids and Low Cost DAB
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> Hi Pete and Glyn
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> I attended the earlier demo in Baldock and was very impressed with what
> can be achieved on such a low budget.
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> In some ways, I wish this had been on the table five or so years ago when
> we were looking to start our local station, else I might have chosen this
> route instead of FM. (That'll generate some discussion)  ;-)
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> I'm seriously itching to look at getting involved with this trial and I'm
> considering setting up a separate group to share experiences, advice and
> knowledge.  If you're interested in being a part of that let me know.
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> Cat
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> On 2 December 2014 at 15:56, Peter <peter at engineeringradio.co.uk> wrote:
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> I have been following the open digital radio project for quite some time.
> This is a similar thing that they have trail on in Switzerland. It does
> lack a GUI, so some Linux CLI experience is required. There are more things
> that could be improved on as well, but it is a fully working system at
> present.
>
> This software can work on standard PCs that are dual core upwards.
> I am looking into using the software on a  VM system (like Hyper-v or Xen).
>
> It does show that a lot of engineering in radio including RF is becoming
> more and more computer orientated.
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> PeteOn 2 Dec 2014 13:13, Associated Broadcast Consultants <info at a-bc.co.uk>
> wrote:
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> > Yesterday Ofcom held a second demo of Low Cost DAB at Riverside House in
> London.  On the link below you can read all about it on our blog.
> >
> > http://a-bc.co.uk/blog/
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