<html>
<head>
<style><!--
.hmmessage P
{
margin:0px;
padding:0px
}
body.hmmessage
{
font-size: 10pt;
font-family:Tahoma
}
--></style>
</head>
<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>
<P>I've been saying this all along.<BR>
Thank you JC - for endorsing it.<BR>
The stumbling block is the "what if" factor in ".... what would happen if two DAB frequencies were simply given to community radio ...."<BR>Not technically precise, but I know what you mean.<BR>Now try getting that past idea HMG, Ofcom and the big Mux owners!<BR>
<BR>
<P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN>------------------------------------</SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt" class=ecxMsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(38,38,38)">Ian Hickling<BR></SPAN></B><B><SPAN>Partner</SPAN></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt" class=ecxMsoNormal><B><SPAN>transplan UK<BR><BR></P></SPAN></B><BR>
<BR>
<DIV>
> From: cma-l@commedia.org.uk<BR>> Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 16:53:56 +0000<BR>> To: cma-l@commedia.org.uk; comradio-l@commedia.org.uk<BR>> Subject: [cma-l] James Cridland's blog: TechCon - a look back<BR>> <BR>> Excerpt:<BR>> <BR>> Next, “DAB in a box” – not a coffin, but a few different low-cost<BR>> boxes, shown off by Mathias Coinchon and Stanislas Roehrich from the<BR>> EBU. The issue with DAB is lots of broadcasters think it’s really<BR>> expensive to broadcast: but it needn’t be. Using open software from<BR>> the CRC in Canada and some low-cost transmission kit, a DAB multiplex<BR>> was magically set up in front of us – including one channel called<BR>> “James’s cat purr”, a channel that just had the (royalty-free) sound<BR>> of a purring cat. A very impressive demonstration, and one that should<BR>> perhaps give Ofcom pause for thought: what would happen if two DAB<BR>> frequencies were simply given to community radio services up and down<BR>> the country, to run low-power DAB multiplexes themselves? What amazing<BR>> additional choice we’d have then!<BR>> <BR>> Source: http://james.cridland.net/blog/<BR>> <BR>> \\<BR>> <BR>> Community Media Association<BR>> -- <BR>> http://www.commedia.org.uk/<BR>> http://twitter.com/community_media<BR>> https://www.facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation<BR>> Canstream Internet Radio & Video: http://www.canstream.co.uk/<BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> <BR>> Reply - cma-l@commedia.org.uk<BR>> <BR>> The cma-l mailing list is a members' service provided by the Community Media Association - http://www.commedia.org.uk<BR>> Twitter: http://twitter.com/community_media<BR>> http://www.facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation<BR>> Canstream Internet Radio & Video: http://www.canstream.co.uk/<BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> <BR>> Mailing list guidelines: http://www.commedia.org.uk/about/cma-email-lists/email-list-guidelines/<BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> <BR>> To unsubscribe or manage your CMA-L mailing list subscription please visit:<BR>> http://mailman.commedia.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/cma-l<BR></DIV> </div></body>
</html>