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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Why can’t we have all of it ??
there always appears to be no room for new stations so having some of the BBC
broadcasters etc on digital would surely make sense. It would free up a hell of
a lot of frequencies as well. Knock two skittles down together.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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are the prehistoric neanderthal rules and regulations.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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[mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Ian Hickling<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 25 October 2011 18:20<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Alan Coote; cma-l<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [cma-l] The BBC to fund
DAB coverage up to 97%.</span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>Alan - I think that's just the message that the media would
just love to jump on.<br>
I have to disagree most strongly with your concept of the Analogue Dark
Ages.<br>
I'd far rather see us broadcasting in analogue that not at all - or in a
system which is already consigned to the technical dustbin by almost everyone
else on the planet.<br>
Once again - can I make the point that there is nothing magic or generic about
this word "Digital".<br>
We have to put in place a system which is compatible with the rest of the
broadcasting world so that receiver and vehicle manufacturers can have
confidence in producing equipment which is not purely devoted to the <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region> market.<br>
At the moment there is no sign of this happening.<br>
Sure - we should have a plan for "Digital" - whatever that may mean.<br>
But we haven't a platform yet to work on, so there's nothing
worthwhile moving to!<br>
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To: cma-l@commedia.org.uk<br>
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:41:39 +0100<br>
Subject: Re: [cma-l] The BBC to fund DAB coverage up to 97%.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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digital. </span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>There’s surly a
strong case for establishing a dialogue with the BBC and commercial companies
to ensure where possible FM licenced stations have a route to digital?</span></font><font
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
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cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk
[mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Ian Hickling<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 24 October 2011 11:30 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> clive.glover@lineone.net<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> cma-l<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [cma-l] The BBC to fund
DAB coverage up to 97%.</span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Clive.<br>
Agreed!<br>
See my posting just before I read this one.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-weight:bold'>Ian Hickling<br>
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font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>Partner</span></font></b><font size=2
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>Subject: Re: The BBC to fund DAB coverage up to 97%.<br>
From: <a href="mailto:clive.glover@lineone.net">clive.glover@lineone.net</a><br>
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 11:04:34 +0100<br>
CC: <a href="mailto:tlr@gairloch.co.uk">tlr@gairloch.co.uk</a>; <a
href="mailto:cma-l@commedia.org.uk">cma-l@commedia.org.uk</a><br>
To: <a href="mailto:ian@transplan.uk.com">ian@transplan.uk.com</a><br>
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Ian <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>At the Digital Radio meetings which I have attended (along
with Jaqui and others) we have tried to get the Government and industry people
to make clear in their publicity etc what exactly they mean by
"digital" but they have always insisted on deliberately conflating
all forms of digital radio (by satellite, by cable, by FreeView as well as DAB)
as "digital". However when I very specifically asked the marketing
people about their plans to create a digital "tick" campaign to show
which radios in the shops were "digital" they first told me that
these would only be DAB ones, thus specifically excluding those (increasingly
common) which also include "Internet radio" (i.e. streaming). The
next meeting they contradicted that but I suspect the plan is still to try to
sell obsolete DAB sets as "digital" in line with the advertising
campaigns to promote "digital radios" (which always show Pure sets,
even on the BBC!).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>The RadioPlayer people have made little secret of their
plans to create a RP app for iPhones and Android, plus probably a version for
FreeView, Sky & FreeSat and - perhaps - a version for portable radios.
Internet streaming is already well on its way to becoming the main
"digital radio" format in practice even though purists will of course
point out it is not a broadcasting technology, but a communications
technology (just like Sky TV in the early days and look what has happened to
that!).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>One day - perhaps - someone in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Whitehall</st1:place></st1:City> will realise they are heading down
a cul de sac with a large brick wall at the end.....<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>Clive Glover<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>On 21 Oct 2011, at 18:00, Ian Hickling wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>I didn't see the original
announcement.<br>
So - does this mean that the BBC and presumably H M Government still pushing
the ancient <st1:City w:st="on">Eureka</st1:City> 147 format - which is
effectively extinct except for the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region>?<br>
Or is the term "DAB" used here meant to be a synonym for
"Digital Radio"?<br>
I think we need to have this clarified.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><font size=2 color="#262626"
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:#262626;
font-weight:bold'>Ian Hickling<br>
</span></font></b><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>Partner</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>transplan <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region></span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'><br>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>From:<span
class=ecxapple-converted-space> </span><a href="mailto:tlr@gairloch.co.uk">tlr@gairloch.co.uk</a><br>
To:<span class=ecxapple-converted-space> </span><a
href="mailto:clive.glover@lineone.net">clive.glover@lineone.net</a><br>
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 12:23:11 +0100<br>
CC:<span class=ecxapple-converted-space> </span><a
href="mailto:cma-l@commedia.org.uk">cma-l@commedia.org.uk</a><br>
Subject: Re: [cma-l] The BBC will fund taking DAB up to 97% coverage<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>Exactly Clive.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I note that the no doubt very carefully worded BBC statement
says "national DAB coverage". This almost certainly deliberately
excludes rolling out the "local" DAB coverage which the commercial
companies are also refusing to fund.</span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>So there is another subtle shift in policy here - the
"switchover" (as they still insist on calling it down in <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Whitehall</st1:place></st1:City>) will now be
triggered when digital listening on<span class=ecxapple-converted-space> </span><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>national</span></b><span
class=ecxapple-converted-space> </span>services reaches the appropriate
limit. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Tahoma'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>What's more, here in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Scotland</st1:place></st1:country-region> not having a commercial
multiplex means also not having all the BBC National services.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Tahoma'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>In areas with no commercial multiplex we get no BBC Radio <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Scotland</st1:place></st1:country-region> on DAB
(really!) nor BBC Radio nan Gaidheal (the national Gaelic service). This is
because the single BBC DAB multiplex is already stretched to the max
capacity/min quality limits to carry the England-based services.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>In highly populous areas, such as Edinburgh and Glasgow,
the BBC gets round the problem by renting extra capacity for these services on
commercial multiplexes, but of course it can't do that anywhere in the
north/northwes of the UK where there are no commercial multiplexes.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>It also means we don't get the regional news opt-outs from
the national Radio <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Scotland</st1:place></st1:country-region>
service that we currently get at peak times on FM.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>They could have sorted all this by using the northwest as a
pilot area for DAB+.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Alex<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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