[cma-l] Small Scale DAB

[Andy -Bay FM Radio]

I agree with Alex.

All this expense to drive your listeners to DAB for 9/12 months with no future guarantees and then have it turned off ?
Sorry but, i don't think it's a good business plan.

Andy.


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From: tlr at gairloch.co.uk 
Date:06/03/2015  2:28 PM  (GMT+00:00) 
To: David Duffy <david at theradiopeople.co.uk>,Alan Coote <alan.coote at 5digital.co.uk> 
Cc: CMA-L <cma-l at commedia.org.uk> 
Subject: Re: [cma-l] Small Scale DAB 

Also bear in mind the fact that these are time limited trials with a 9-month *maximum* and explicitly no guarantee of continuation or future relicensing. Isn't that the biggest business risk to any long term agreements?
 
Alex
On 06 March 2015 at 14:03 David Duffy <david at theradiopeople.co.uk> wrote: 

Great advice. I would further recommend that as a multiplex operator you should build your business plan on the assumption that any other services you carry may go bust and, if you are charging them for carriage, take payment monthly in advance. That’s why we’re creating a list of content providers/service www.localDAB.co.uk/brokering that are DSPS-approved and ready, at a moment’s notice, to replace any services that fail. 
 
Regards
 
David
 

On 6 Mar 2015, at 12:04, Alan Coote < alan.coote at 5digital.co.uk> wrote:

We were approached a while ago by 2 content producers about teaming up and sharing airtime on a multiplex.
 
After a lot of phone calls, Ofcom confirmed that DSPS licenses are required by each service provider, even if they are sharing air time.         
 
However, in our case the multiplex owner wanted a single contract with a holding company rather than deal with individual DSPS holders. They felt it gave them better security.         
 
This highlighted several issues of working with other companies on a DAB multiplex whose financial stability we had to rely on.   
        
I’d suggest that stations should carefully consider what happens if the partner companies don’t pay their way or go out of business.
 
And, it may be worth getting professional advise about setting up a limited liability broadcast company to protect the underlying community station.   
 
Kind Regards
Alan
 
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