[cma-l] Norway to switch off FM in 2017

Alan Coote alan.coote at 5digital.co.uk
Mon Apr 20 12:41:54 BST 2015 

James,

The talk of percentages is misleading and I think masks a significant
problem. 

If 91% of the population will be able to receive a commercial DAB station in
the UK by the end of the year, it means 5.4 million people can¹t. Which by
the way is more than the 5 million total population of Norway.

I wouldn¹t like to be on the Digital Switch Over Help Desk when that lot
start complaining! 

Kind Regards
Alan

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From:  James Cridland <james at cridland.net>
Reply-To:  "cma-l at mailman.commedia.org.uk" <cma-l at mailman.commedia.org.uk>
Date:  Monday, 20 April 2015 10:43
To:  "tlr at gairloch.co.uk" <tlr at gairloch.co.uk>,
"cma-l at mailman.commedia.org.uk" <cma-l at mailman.commedia.org.uk>
Subject:  Re: [cma-l] Norway to switch off FM in 2017


Worthwhile remembering that Christer Hederstrom is a noted anti-DAB
campaigner. We have our own here - Grant Goddard or Steve Green, now mostly
quiet after the evidence appears to be pointing away from their views. The
publisher of Radio Today is also anti-DAB, so you probably won't get much
balance there.

In my report here -
https://media.info/radio/news/norway-to-switch-off-fm-go-dab-only-in-2017 -
I compare the Norwegian criteria for switch off with the UK criteria. In
short, we're not quite there yet. I also give my views about switchover.

Noted: community radio will continue on FM in Norway, even post
FM-switchoff. These stations are less than 5% of total radio listening; but
still worthwhile knowing.

James

On Mon, 20 Apr 2015 10:36 tlr at gairloch.co.uk <tlr at gairloch.co.uk> wrote:
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>   
>  Seems like Sweden is looking at it differently from Norway, or as Radio
> Sweden put it  Är DAB dåligt för radiolyssnaren?
> <http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=4058&artikel=6141224>
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>   
>  For those without the benefit of Swedish, Radio Today has reported the story
> in English: 
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>    
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>  National Audit report devastating for DAB in Sweden
>   
>   
> 
> The proposed transition to (terrestrial) digital radio imply major risks and
> will probably not be profitable for the society.
>   
>    
>   
> 
> The best choice is to retain the FM network, according to the national auditor
> Margareta Åberg.
>   
> 
> In the March 23 concluded consultation round by the Ministry of Culture there
> were several decisive objections and thumbs down by qualified institutions to
> the proposal for a transition to DAB 2016-2022. Together with this subsequent
> independent analysis it is now probable that 20 years of efforts to introduce
> DAB in Sweden will come to a definite end. The extensive and critical report
> was this week presented to the Parliament by Riksrevisionen (The National
> Audit Office).
>   
> 
> A short summary of the report:
>   
> 
> 1. The government is not properly prepared for a transition.
>  In spite of several inquiries and studies the government has not prepared a
> sufficient and solid case for a transition to digital radio. The government
> has not analyzed a transition from a wider cost perspective to society. The
> radio industry actors with their own interests in retaining terrestrial radio
> have to a large extent themselves been able to define the problems and to
> investigate and propose a possible transition.
>   
> 
> 2. Listeners¹ perspective is lacking.
>  A risk with a transition to DAB+ is that the government will introduce a new
> standard for radio listening which is not asked for neither needed by the
> listeners. Replacing in-car radios will be a large and costly challenge as
> there will be 3,6 milllion cars without a DAB+ receiver 2022.
>   
> 
> 3. Technical assessments are inadequate.
>  There is a risk that the geographical coverage for DAB+ after closing the FM
> network is overestimated. Riksrevisionen says while it is important to
> maintain a broadcast network which does not depend on Internet or mobile
> broadband the FM network meets such demands. Being robust and in principle
> reaching all citizens it meets the emergency alert requirements
>   
> 
> 4. Economic aspects are ignored.
>  A transition to DAB+ is probably not economically profitable from a wider
> societal perspective even after 50 years of operation. To abandon the FM band
> and transfer to DAB+ implies that the government will leave a frequency space
> (Band II) without any alternative use, On the other hand Band III will have a
> high alternative value in the future (for television).
>   
> 
> The audit is very extensive, starting in May 2014 in close cooperation with
> the official institutions involved in the digital radio process; the Ministry
> of Culture, the Telecom Authority, the Media Authority, Swedish public radio
> and the state owned broadcast provider Teracom. Interviews have also been made
> abroad; in Finland and Norway as well as with the EBU. Economic and technical
> experts from major universities have also been involved.
>   
> 
> Christer Hederström is a Media Analyst in Stockholm, Sweden
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>  Christer Hederström <http://radiotoday.co.uk/tag/christer-hederstrom/>  DAB
> <http://radiotoday.co.uk/tag/dab/>  Sweden
> <http://radiotoday.co.uk/tag/sweden/>
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>     
> <http://radiotoday.co.uk/2015/04/national-audit-devastating-for-dab-in-sweden/
> #>  0    7 
> <http://radiotoday.co.uk/2015/04/national-audit-devastating-for-dab-in-sweden/
> #comments>     1659    17 April, 2015    International News
> <http://radiotoday.co.uk/category/int/>
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>   
>>  On 20 April 2015 at 08:44 CMA-L <cma-l at commedia.org.uk> wrote:
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>>  Within two years from now, the shutdown of national FM-networks begins in
>> Norway. The switchover will begin in the North and will be implemented region
>> by region. 
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