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<P>In technical terms it's very simple.<BR>
All it needs is one B III channel group to be cleared - not necessarily the same one nationally but one that isn't currently occupied in each discreet location - and a transmission system installed the same way as with Community Radio.<BR>
<SPAN>The only slightly unusual port of the chain is the digital encryption module - otherwise the RF or digital STL, the transmitter, cable, antenna and structure are all effectively off-the-shelf.</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN>We could put one together now in about 6 weeks if the licensing were available - which it's not.</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN>But the big obstacle here is - which encoding system are we going to use?</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN>DAB (= Deadend Audio Broadcasting) - or one of the many others?</SPAN><BR>
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<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>
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From: martin@martinsteers.co.uk<BR>Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 17:22:21 +0000<BR>To: cma-l@commedia.org.uk<BR>Subject: Re: [cma-l] [comradio-l] James Cridland's blog: TechCon - a look back<BR><BR>I was just about to email this around.. its a fantastic idea and something I have been talking about for a while.. as other countries have a different approach to dab coverage..
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<DIV>Surely using a similar method to local TV (isnt it graphical inter-levered space?) or a dedicated channel, we could have local DAB coverage for community stations (either as a dual transmission or DAB only stations), however this would depend on the technical / carriage implications, eg we would ideally like to deal with our own transmission and carriage and not have to be forced to use another provider.. </DIV>
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<DIV>Question for Jaqui / Bill, is the sort of thing we can get on the agenda as part of the communications bill stuff next year?</DIV>
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<DIV>Martin<BR>
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<DIV class=ecxgmail_quote>On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 4:53 PM, CMA-L <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:cma-l@commedia.org.uk">cma-l@commedia.org.uk</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class=ecxgmail_quote>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: <A href="http://james.cridland.net/blog/" target=_blank>http://james.cridland.net/blog/</A><BR><BR>\\<BR><BR>Community Media Association<BR>--<BR><A href="http://www.commedia.org.uk/" target=_blank>http://www.commedia.org.uk/</A><BR><A href="http://twitter.com/community_media" target=_blank>http://twitter.com/community_media</A><BR><A href="https://www.facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation" target=_blank>https://www.facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation</A><BR>Canstream Internet Radio & Video: <A href="http://www.canstream.co.uk/" target=_blank>http://www.canstream.co.uk/</A><BR>_______________________________________________<BR><BR>comradio-l mailing list - <A href="mailto:comradio-l@commedia.org.uk">comradio-l@commedia.org.uk</A><BR><BR>Community Media Association - <A href="http://www.commedia.org.uk/" target=_blank>www.commedia.org.uk</A><BR>_______________________________________________<BR><BR>To manage your mailing list subscription please visit:<BR><A href="http://mailman.commedia.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/comradio-l" target=_blank>http://mailman.commedia.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/comradio-l</A></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></DIV><BR>_______________________________________________ Reply - cma-l@commedia.org.uk The cma-l mailing list is a members' service provided by the Community Media Association - http://www.commedia.org.uk Twitter: http://twitter.com/community_media http://www.facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation Canstream Internet Radio & Video: http://www.canstream.co.uk/ _______________________________________________ Mailing list guidelines: http://www.commedia.org.uk/about/cma-email-lists/email-list-guidelines/ _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe or manage your CMA-L mailing list subscription please visit: http://mailman.commedia.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/cma-l</DIV> </div></body>
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