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

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I’m sorry didn’t you just say you’re not paying for streaming?? You have the internet ?? Which you pay for

I have internet only when stationary sitting at home.
In the car, I have never used any mobile internet, nor I plan to.

And my precious Panasonic audio system doesn't receive internet signals, "unfortunately"

 

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Bit backward aren't you.
I also absolutely believe that you are in a single digit minority when it comes to "no Internet in the car"

I am quite sure that the vast majority don't use their internet in the car for listening to the radio stations.

 

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Out of interest what car do you have?

I'll ask again
So what car have you got?

Can't say, have one but it doesn't matter. I am waiting for a proper, electric one but the manufacturers except Tesla don't make cars with decent range. I need at least 500 miles range.

 

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Sounds like your kit is from the stone age. Try bringing yourself into the 21st century.

This is the most modern piece of audio kit that you can find on the market.
It supports DAB+ reception, High-Res Audio, Aux-In Auto Play, Optical Input, DSD Playback Up to 2.8 MHz, USB DAC, XBS Master, Lincs D-Amp, Total Output Power 120W RMS, Bluetooth.

 

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I'll stop you after your first sentence. That's clearly bs.
My fairly ancient piece of kit supports streaming.

BS.
I am not going to connect my Audio System to the internet and torture myself with internet links input and search every time.

It's for the losers.

 

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Here we go again....

I assume by the rather not say comment your car simply doesn't have bluetooth and is incapable of using the internet. So to reinforce your jealousy you've resorted to posting on forums to tell everyone they are wrong to use the internet in their cars.

Jurgen now you've been found out, I think you should apologise.

You should apologise for putting words in one's mouth without caring about what they said or what they need.

Everyone is free to choose. If you choose to pay for internet, then go for it.

I am using DAB+ and will continue because it is free-to-air and much more convenient terrestrial official broadcasting and except your loser country, in all other countries there is no problem with the bitrate.

So, now, if you don't like DAB+, just be so kind to leave the thread instead of trolling and spamming it.

 

[4K8KW10]

It needs locking...

+1 for locking.

When you start your own thread, you can tell the people to lock it. Now please leave the thread without trolling and spamming it!

 

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I'll stop you after your first sentence. That's clearly bs.
My fairly ancient piece of kit supports streaming and there's plenty of other gear now around that does too.

Sounds like your kit is from the stone age. Try bringing yourself into the 21st century.

Is this irony or sarcasm?!

When did analogue FM signals appear for the first time?
I will tell you - in 1933.

Do you realise that DAB+ is much more modern than the ancient technology that it replaced?!

Also, I can listen to my favourite music via TV channels, CDs, DVDs, Blu-rays, why should I care about net streaming?
It is the most disgusting and unpleasant method for listening. Paid and inconvenient.

For net streaming, you need:
-reliable connection without drops in the speed or connection losses;
-monthly payments for it;
-router;
-computer or another receiver that is capable.

For DAB+, you need:
-a receiver.

 

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And you have none of the above?

I have none of the above for listening to the radio.
Those are products which I use for a specific other purpose and I do not carry them with me at all times, nor I plan to be dependent on them!

And you have none of the above? Exactly how do you access the internet and post your inane **** here then?

You computer spec shows your complete lack of any technical knowledge. For example a 24" 4k monitor! You really have no clue do you.

4K on a 24-inch display looks outstanding because of the high pixel density.
There are 4K smartphones, if you don't mind!

The only thing unpleasant here is your social skill.

Leave the thread, man.
Next time you attack me, will result you in the ignore list!

 

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???
Now I'm really confused.
How do you not already have a net connection? After all, you're responding in this thread?

You make it sound like you're either on dial up modem or live in north Korea.


Seriously, I struggle to believe that you don't already have a home net connection sufficiently capable of streaming music.
The fact that you're deliberately avoiding using it is just bizarre.

Even my mother uses net streaming, and she's been retired for 10 years.

Come on, get with the times, stop buggering about with a now obsolete format and enjoy yourself. Just go watch some music videos or concerts on YouTube, then delve in where you think something's good.
No idea why you'd tie yourself to a format that I assume is full of adverts and simply can't compete with full CD bitrate streaming.

Well, the thing is that where I am the net streaming versions of the terrestrially broadcast popular radio stations are at the same low-quality as their FM versions.
So, it's not worth it.

I told you why. I am using the internet but find extremely inconvenient to listen to net streams.
Because it requires a paid connection which introduces instability because tomorrow I don't know if I will be willing to pay anymore for internet.
And because it requires additional apps which I don't use, etc...


You avoid the question - explain how would you propose to evolve the ancient, stone age analogue FM signals?
Hope you won't say net streaming because most pensioners don't use internet, even despite that your mother is an exception rather than a rule!


Net streaming is supplementary and optional.
While DAB+ is the official, widely adopted broadcasting that should be used by the majority and as a primary source.

 

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"Eduardo Montefusco, President of RDS and of the DAB Italia consortium said in a recent interview: “I often hear that DAB+ is the future of radio while it is already the present of the evolution of radio. DAB+ is a revolution in progress, which already covers 83% of the Italian population for outdoor and mobile reception, especially by car. Today we know that DAB+ is in almost 8,100,000 car receivers which will probably exceed the 9 million mark at the end of the year."


News | WorldDAB

 

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"October 2nd
It's Christmas in Pompey! Christmas Radio has popped up on Trial Portsmouth, running at 32 kbit/s using DAB+. The existing service 10-fi.com has ceased."
DAB Ensembles Worldwide | Latest News & Updates (wohnort.org)

 

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Ignore the poll. It's trolling.

Streaming means many things and the last thing that it is is official nationwide terrestrial broadcasting


Your neighbouring France starts on Tuesday the national DAB+ multiplexes.
Maybe some of the signals will reach the southernmost parts of England.

 

[4K8KW10]

Why don't you open a thread about streaming and write in there?

 

[4K8KW10]

People care about the content, not the broadcast medium that brings it to them.

Wrong. You have no access to the internet in the car, in the normal hi-fi systems and the normal standalone radio receivers.

Why?

This thread is perfectly adaptable to talk about the clearly more popular way of listening to radio

I will delete/ make this thread obsolete and you will write nowhere.

And you don't even write about streaming - you are only trolling the thread with negatives about your local execution of DAB+.

Which is just plain stupid by you!

 

[4K8KW10]

via Bluetooth or aux cable

Which is an additional requirement for the users which can NOT be met
Not to mention that you need to have mobile connection which again most people may or may not have.

Stop with the BS!

What you propose is going from London to Paris via Berlin, just because you are the Aries sign, with the horns forward.

 

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In the UK, 50.9% of all radio listening hours by the first quarter of 2018 were through digital platforms, with DAB making up for the majority of digital radio listening (72.3%), and 63.7% of UK households claim to have access to a DAB radio set.
Digital radio in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

There you go with the trolling/lies that "nobody" cared

 

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Good day for the DAB+.

National DAB+ launching in France, fueling rapid growth in DAB+ receiver sales

12th October 2021

"Today, France launches two new national multiplexes that will broadcast 25 DAB+ stations, including national services from Radio France and leading private broadcasters, to metropolitan regions in France. The initiative allows millions of people to benefit from a wider range of national and regional radio stations, improved audio quality, station / programme information and slideshow images.

The new multiplexes will broadcast along the Paris-Lyon-Marseille axis. The 25 services include three new DAB+ only stations and 22 stations that are also broadcast in FM. In addition, DAB Slideshow is deployed, displaying colour images to listeners, such as station branding, song information and weather. This will pave the way for DAB+ to become the dominant way that France listens to radio at home.

Patrick Hannon, WorldDAB president, said ‘The launch of two national multiplexes in France is a critical milestone in the development of DAB – not only for France but for the whole of Europe. This launch, coupled with the recently introduced French radio receiver law, creates an unprecedented opportunity for growth in the DAB+ receiver market in France. As the market leader in DAB receivers, Frontier is supporting DAB growth in Europe with their Siena and Kino DAB+ receiver solutions.’

Frontier forecasts that growth of DAB+ receiver sales in France will exceed 50% in 2021 when compared to 2020 and that this trend will continue. Frontier has focused its DAB+ solutions so that they provide the best listener experience by being compliant with standards and digital tick certification. They also support advanced features such as colour screen, DAB Dynamic Label plus (DL+), DAB slideshow and Frontier has developed consumer focused features such as the FM and DAB combined service list BestTuneTM, continuous scanning for up to date stations ActiveScanTM and dynamic interference removal NoiseSkipTM. In addition, brands using Frontier technology in their products will benefit from Frontier’s extensive experience, having shipped over 50 million DAB/DAB+ modules.

Prem Rajalingham, Managing Director of Frontier, said: ‘DAB+ is really taking off in France and we are delighted to be able to enable brands to power the growth of DAB+ through our range of exciting consumer radios based on Frontier technology. We have seen significant DAB receiver sales grow in France and expect to see 50% year on year growth in 2021’.

In addition to new multiplexes, French law was updated to state that since 28th May 2021, radios with an alphanumeric screen must receive digital broadcast radio - ‘Other radios (terminals), for which the reception function of radio services broadcast is not purely incidental, and have an alphanumeric screen, must be capable of receiving digital terrestrial radio.’

DAB+ market size is expected to grow over the next five years. Frontier allows brands to create market leading DAB+ and SmartRadios, powering the leading audio brands. Please contact us to discuss opportunities and new products that you are interested in.

https://www.worlddab.org/system/news/documents/000/011/019/original/EECC_factsheet_June_2021.pdf?1 622639246



About Frontier Smart Technologies

Frontier Smart Technologies is a pioneer in technologies for digital audio and the market leader in DAB/DAB+ radios and SmartRadio solutions. Powering over 50 million devices worldwide, Frontier provides a range of radio chips and modules – from turnkey entry-level solutions to sophisticated, highly configurable options – to leading consumer electronics brands. With its R&D centre in Cambridge (UK) and manufacturing and sales offices in Shenzhen (China) and Hong Kong, Frontier supports clients and consumers across Europe and Asia. Frontier is a Science Group (AIM:SAG) company.

About Science Group plc

Science Group plc (AIM:SAG) is a science-led advisory and product development organisation. The Group has three divisions:

• R&D Consultancy: providing advisory, applied science and product development services cross-sector helping clients derive maximum return on their R&D investments.

• Regulatory & Compliance: helping clients in highly regulated markets to launch, market and defend products internationally, navigating the frequently complex and fragmented regulatory ecosystems.

• Frontier Smart Technologies: designing and manufacturing chips and modules for the DAB/DAB+ radio markets with 80% market share (excluding the automotive market).

With more than 400 employees worldwide, primarily scientists and engineers, and speaking more than 30 languages collectively, the Group has R&D centres in Cambridge and Epsom with more than ten additional offices in Europe, Asia and North America."

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National DAB+ launching in France, fueling rapid growth in DAB+ receiver sales (skem1.com)

 

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We have to care because it is good

Small-scale revolution for UK digital radio
18.10.2021 - United Kingdom

Twenty-five new small-scale DAB multiplex licenses have now been awarded by media regulator Ofcom, completing its first round of licensing for the new technology. “The rollout of this innovative technology will give listeners across the United Kingdom an unprecedented choice of locally produced content — serving communities and audiences across the country in a way never seen before,” said Kevin Bakhurst, Ofcom’s group director of Broadcasting and Online Content. “The UK’s commercial and community radio industry continues to go from strength to strength.”
www.redtech.pro
News | WorldDAB

Private operators also keen to develop DAB+
20.10.2021 - Czech Republic

From next year, Czech Radio will finance the development of DAB+ by switching off AM. Said Karel Zýka: "At the end of the year, we are shutting down AM and its resources will be set aside for digital broadcasting. Czech Radio now has all its stations on DAB+". Czech Radio plans to further improve signal coverage and in the next phase of coverage, the focus will be on indoor reception. Commercial network operators are also keen to develop DAB+ in the Czech Republic.
(Czech Radio) Read more

 

[4K8KW10]

Spotify can die in the same way Winamp with mp3s died.
No such app lasts forever.

DAB+ will last. DAB+ gives you independence from the "unlimited data".
Because you have professional selection of much more content than your own limited knowledge of the Spotify content.

"I heard the song on the radio, and then found it with Shazam or in Spotify."