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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">The Access trials were said at the time
to last 1 year, that turned out to be optimistic, possibly due to
the Everitt report in 2003 which required a bit more time than
that.<br>
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Presumably this trial will be documented by Ofcom so they would
have known how long it would take. One could be forgiven for
suggesting that this is radio, not forestry.<br>
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Tony Bailey<br>
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On 01/03/16 21:19, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:roger@thornesonline.com">roger@thornesonline.com</a> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Well thanks a bunch Ofcom. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>The conversations had around getting
stations together for a 9 month trial and those for a 3
year trial would have been VERY different. Very reminiscent
of the original Access trials which went on for much longer
than planned at the outset and gave the first few stations a
big advantage (for a while anyway!). I guess small scale DAB
for the rest of us has probably slipped back another two
years then. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span
lang="EN-US"> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk">cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk</a>
[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk">mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk</a>] <b>On
Behalf Of </b>Richard Hilton<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 01 March 2016 17:40<br>
<b>To:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk">cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [cma-l] dab trial propsed extention</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Mark </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>You raise interesting points. It
would be nice to think that Ofcom would take the opportunity
to re-advertise but that will take time and resources (staff
and equipment – they are supplying the equipment if I
remember correctly). They don’t really have an abundance of
either. However, we should perhaps be actively encouraging
them to think about extending the number of stations if the
experiment if it is going to be run for another 2 years.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>My main criticism of the initial
experiment was that a DAB station will build an audience
over 9 months and then the plug will be pulled which will
just irritate that audience who will not understand the
technically of an experiment that can suddenly take away a
station they have grown to love. If they extend the
experiment to 2 years the audiences will be bigger and the
howls of protest even larger. Listening to Resonance
clearly on DAB in South West London is a real joy and I’ll
be mightily irritated if the plug is pulled.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>My best guess (hope?) is that the
trial stations will somehow morph into permanent licences at
the end of the experiment, coupled with the granting of new
DAB licences to the sort of consortiums the experiment has
thrown up.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Richard</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span
lang="EN-US"> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk">cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk</a>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Mark Davis<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 01 March 2016 12:29<br>
<b>To:</b> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk">cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [cma-l] dab trial propsed extention</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I’ve just received an email saying that
Ofcom propose to extend the trial for another 2 years </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I did apply to run this trail and never got
it ,I think the reason was because I never put enough stations
on my proposed multiplex thinking that it was a technical
trial and not about filling up the multiplex if I had have
known this I would of filled it </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Im still in the situation where we have the
infrastructure and would love to move our station forward to
the modern day and get it on dab </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Now this trail is proposed to be extended
does this mean that its going to be another 2 years before the
results are published and any chance of becoming a local dab
community station are a long way off ,or has the previous 9
months proved that there are no major issues and that they are
going to extend the trial and incorporate more stations on to
it with the view to licence them in the future , ???? or has
it not gone so well that more needs to be done ???</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Many thanks </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
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