<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Alan<br><br></div>It was meant to be an acknowledgement of the progress made and reduction in cost in accessing this type of platform. Not a like for like comparison with five years ago.<br><br></div>What's more ... I never said anything about running a station myself.<br><br>Cat<br><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">-- <br><b>Catherine Lake</b></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">Consultant Engineer<br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><i>Digital Media & Infrastructure</i></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-family:arial;font-size:small"><a href="http://www.artisanbroadcast.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.artisanbroadcast.uk/</a></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">Regards,<br><br><b>Catherine Lake</b></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">Consultant Engineer<br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><br><div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><a href="http://www.artisanbroadcast.uk/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.artisanbroadcast.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/articast-logo_name-only.png" alt="Inline images 1"></a></div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">Sales & Support: 0333 37 00 252 : <a href="http://www.artisanbroadcast.uk/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://www.artisanbroadcast.uk/</a></div></div></div></div></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-family:arial"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-family:arial"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial"><font color="#000000"><b>Artisan Broadcast is a brand/trading name of Artisan Internet Ltd.</b></font></span></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-family:arial"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial"><font color="#000000">Registered in England & Wales :: No. 4577129 :: VAT No. 750 3706 48</font></span><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial">Registered Office: 5 Parkview, Station Road, <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">NEW</span> MILTON, BH25 6NA</font></font></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 3 December 2014 at 09:37, Alan Coote <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:alan.coote@5digital.co.uk" target="_blank">alan.coote@5digital.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-GB"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><a name="14a0fb956c3488f2__MailEndCompose"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Hi Cat,<u></u><u></u></span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">If you looked at the stats 5 years ago DAB listening was very low. In fact so low that the numbers were often amalgamated with other digital (online and digital TV) to make them look better.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">If the choice was either/ or then any station that can’t be made to work on FM, definitely wouldn’t work on DAB.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Small scale DAB offers very welcome access to digital. But, if you crunched some numbers I think you’d find that the cost per listener on DAB are higher than FM so your advertising rate would need to be higher, making it less attractive to advertisers. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Kind Regards</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Alan<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.letstalkbusinessonline.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Hear Alan Every Week on Let’s Talk Business The UK’s Premier Radio Programme For Current and Future Entrepreneurs - Now Broadcast To 4.8 Million People </span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Email - </span><a href="mailto:alan.coote@5digital.co.uk" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">alan.coote@5digital.co.uk</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Phone - 0800 949 6655<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Mobile - 07801 518858<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Twitter - 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(That'll generate some discussion) ;-)<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">I'm seriously itching to look at getting involved with this trial and I'm considering setting up a separate group to share experiences, advice and knowledge. If you're interested in being a part of that let me know.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Cat<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><br clear="all"><u></u><u></u></p><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">-- <br><b>Catherine Lake</b><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">Consultant Engineer<br clear="all"><u></u><u></u></span></p><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">Digital Media & Infrastructure</span></i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><a href="http://www.artisanbroadcast.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.artisanbroadcast.uk/</a><u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div></div></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">On 2 December 2014 at 15:56, Peter <<a href="mailto:peter@engineeringradio.co.uk" target="_blank">peter@engineeringradio.co.uk</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">I have been following the open digital radio project for quite some time. This is a similar thing that they have trail on in Switzerland. It does lack a GUI, so some Linux CLI experience is required. There are more things that could be improved on as well, but it is a fully working system at present.<br><br>This software can work on standard PCs that are dual core upwards.<br>I am looking into using the software on a VM system (like Hyper-v or Xen).<br><br>It does show that a lot of engineering in radio including RF is becoming more and more computer orientated.<br><br>PeteOn 2 Dec 2014 13:13, Associated Broadcast Consultants <<a href="mailto:info@a-bc.co.uk" target="_blank">info@a-bc.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br>><br>> Yesterday Ofcom held a second demo of Low Cost DAB at Riverside House in London. 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