Poll: DAB+ is the future? Digital terrestrial radio broadcasting

Which method do you prefer when listening to radio

  • Total voters
    36
  • Poll closed .
"February 18th
The UK regulator has announced the first batch of licences for small-scale DAB areas:
  • Derry/Londonderry - Foyle DAB Limited
  • Glasgow - Nation Digital Investments Limited
  • Salisbury - Muxcast One Limited
  • Tynemouth & South Shields - Mux One Limited
  • Welsh Valleys - GTFM (South Wales) Limited
In each of these areas, there was only one applicant. Muxcast Four Limited had withdrawn its application for the Tynemouth & South Shields area prior to a licence award decision being made, so was therefore not considered. Ofcom will announce further licence awards for the remaining 20 areas advertised in Round One over the coming weeks."
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Speaking as someone from the Tynemouth & South Shields area, I don't think anyone gives a damn.

That said, the following is very interesting: http://radio.garden/

Internet radio proving time and time again to be the most progressive service for lovers of radio.
 
4K8KW10 said:
"February 18th
The UK regulator has announced the first batch of licences for small-scale DAB areas:
  • Derry/Londonderry - Foyle DAB Limited
  • Glasgow - Nation Digital Investments Limited
  • Salisbury - Muxcast One Limited
  • Tynemouth & South Shields - Mux One Limited
  • Welsh Valleys - GTFM (South Wales) Limited
In each of these areas, there was only one applicant. Muxcast Four Limited had withdrawn its application for the Tynemouth & South Shields area prior to a licence award decision being made, so was therefore not considered. Ofcom will announce further licence awards for the remaining 20 areas advertised in Round One over the coming weeks."
DAB Ensembles Worldwide | Latest News & Updates (wohnort.org)
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1 applicant, exciting times... Can you stop now?
 
4K8KW10 said:
Err, it requires a paid internet connection. Not possible.
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DAB is only useful in countries that can't afford to implement it, and would be better off pushing internet connectivity with the money.
 
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rpmmatt said:
Just realised they had an app for Radio Garden.
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not sure if that's a spoof ..

but these stations producing apps ... whats that about - just give me the raw m3u8 link for vlc
... or is there some https encyption so only a dedicated program will decode it
 
4K8KW10 said:
Via streaming you won't reach the same audience as if you broadcast digitally terrestrially.
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No, you won't reach the same audience. Instead of a very limited local audience over DAB, you would be able to stream to a Worldwide audience. Mmmmmmm, it must be a difficult choice for content providers to make :rolleyes:
 
kitfit1 said:
No, you won't reach the same audience. Instead of a very limited local audience over DAB, you would be able to stream to a Worldwide audience. Mmmmmmm, it must be a difficult choice for content providers to make :rolleyes:
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No one will listen to you because there are literally thousands of thousands other services which you enter direct competition against.
Why do you speak about things which you clearly don't understand?
 
4K8KW10 said:
No one will listen to you because there are literally thousands of thousands other services which you enter direct competition against.
Why do you speak about things which you clearly don't understand?
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As you are quite obviously someone that has no understanding of what quality audio is and hasn't got a clue what quality audio even sounds like. I don't need you to lecture me on anything, least of all radio :mad:
 
jpaul said:
rpmmatt said:
Just realised they had an app for Radio Garden.
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not sure if that's a spoof ..

but these stations producing apps ... whats that about - just give me the raw m3u8 link for vlc
... or is there some https encyption so only a dedicated program will decode it
Click to expand...

so from the radio this morning it gives prols easy access/map-based, to foreign streams ... but does it have my pedant bitrate filter ?
 
"February 22nd
Snapshot updated of the UK local ensemble Lincolnshire.
The service Grt Hits Lincs has switched to 128 kbit/s Joint Stereo from Mono since the previous observation."
DAB Ensembles Worldwide | Latest News & Updates (wohnort.org)

"LONDON — At the beginning of 2020 the radio sector in the United Kingdom reported strong radio listening numbers with the shift to digital listening well advanced and heading for 60% of all listening. Now, a year later with the U.K. still in lockdown and people being urged to stay at home, digital radio is booming.

During the pandemic, radio stations have done an outstanding job in supporting listeners and communities and in turn listeners have spent more time listening to radio and audio content. As a result, broadcasters are reporting increased levels of streaming on digital platforms with listeners discovering new digital stations and more digital stations launching all the time.

Government and Ofcom Support

The U.K. government has continued to support the radio sector through the pandemic with short term financial measures and looking at the long-term health of the sector through the “DCMS/Industry Digital Radio and Audio Review,” which is well advanced and due to be issued later this year.

Another government backed digital radio initiative has been the development of the capability for local stations to broadcast on small-scale DAB and this year media regulator Ofcom has begun to award the first licenses for the first small-scale DAB multiplexes. The Ofcom plan is to license these multiplexes in more than 200 areas across the UK, which will see a significant boost in the number of ultra-local and city commercial and community digital stations launched.
..."
UK Sees Continued Digital Radio Expansion - RedTech Tribe
 
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