[cma-l] Fwd: Ofcom publishes applications for small scale DAB trials

[Alan Coote]

I see that UKRD and Celador have made applications, the former not a member
of Radio Centre (publicly they fell out over Radio Centre¹s push to DAB) and
Celador presumably looking at the feasibility of Small Scale DAB for their
Breeze brand which is on FM only.

This raises interesting questions regarding the commercial verses community
license policy which DCMS may apply to Small Scale DAB.

Kind Regards
Alan

Alan Coote
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From:  "martin at martinsteers.co.uk" <martin at martinsteers.co.uk>
Reply-To:  "martin at martinsteers.co.uk" <martin at martinsteers.co.uk>,
"cma-l at mailman.commedia.org.uk" <cma-l at mailman.commedia.org.uk>
Date:  Thursday, 16 April 2015 11:13
To:  "cma-l at mailman.commedia.org.uk" <cma-l at mailman.commedia.org.uk>
Subject:  [cma-l] Fwd: Ofcom publishes applications for small scale DAB
trials

Very interesting and fantastic to see 51 applications for the trial, I do
wonder if Ofcom will increase / extend the trail.

on a side note I have plotted all the applications onto map to see areas.
This can be found here: http://goo.gl/7kZ15B (Please feel free to share.

NOTE the map is based on application address on the website and might not
mean actual coverage or station address (Example there are 3 applications at
BFBS).


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Date: 16 April 2015 at 10:30
Subject: Ofcom publishes applications for small scale DAB trials
To: "martin at martinsteers.co.uk" <martin at martinsteers.co.uk>


 
  
 
 
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 Ofcom has published 51 applications
<http://ofcom.cmail2.com/t/i-l-yhujtjy-ptyukklu-h/>  received for trials of
a new approach that could provide small radio stations across the UK with an
affordable way to broadcast on DAB digital radio. Known as Œsmall scale
DAB¹, the new approach is best suited for broadcasting to a small geographic
area, ideal for community and local radio stations. Ofcom intends to license
up to ten trials of small scale DAB to help inform Ofcom¹s work on
identifying suitable frequencies for broadcasting smaller digital stations
and how these services could be licensed. Small scale DAB is cheaper than
current systems because it is uses software freely available from
opendigitalradio.org <http://opendigitalradio.org>  rather than relying on
often expensive hardware equipment. If the trials are successful, UK radio
listeners could benefit from more local and community radio stations on DAB.
A press release announcing the trials is available on Ofcom¹s website
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