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BGonaSTICK · 11-07-07, 09:09 PM

Ofcom chief executive Ed Richards ruled out setting a date for switching off analogue radio in the UK but outlined plans to develop a potential time frame for the transition to digital.

"We do not believe that the government announcing a swift, forced march to analogue switch-off today would be in the interests of listeners or the industry," Richards said. He pointed out that there were 100m to 150m analogue radio sets in Britain, and no equivalent of TV's set-top box to convert analogue equipment into digital without buying a new digital receiver.

But he said in spite of these obstacles there were "very good reasons why we should consider how to take things forward". "The cost of dual transmission is a very real and significant burden - that's money that could be spent on content, money that could be spent on attracting listeners."

Analoguesat · 11-07-07, 09:15 PM

At last some sense prevails at that normally useless regulator.

What would be the point of announcing dab day when large areas of the country still dont have any coverage whatsoever, our dab standard is a joke as audio bandwidth is squeezed more each week by greedy mux operators trying to shoehorn in ever more channels, and the majority of am & fm services still arent carried on any form of digital radio (dab or satellite)

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BGonaSTICK Dodgy Geezer Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Brighton Posts: 9,718 Thanks: 3 Thanked 166 Times in 60 Posts	Ofcom won’t name DAB day Ofcom chief executive Ed Richards ruled out setting a date for switching off analogue radio in the UK but outlined plans to develop a potential time frame for the transition to digital. "We do not believe that the government announcing a swift, forced march to analogue switch-off today would be in the interests of listeners or the industry," Richards said. He pointed out that there were 100m to 150m analogue radio sets in Britain, and no equivalent of TV's set-top box to convert analogue equipment into digital without buying a new digital receiver. But he said in spite of these obstacles there were "very good reasons why we should consider how to take things forward". "The cost of dual transmission is a very real and significant burden - that's money that could be spent on content, money that could be spent on attracting listeners." __________________ Dreambox 7000, Skystar2 PCI, Skystar USB, Fibo 90cm on Moteck SG2100, Triax TD110 multi-LNB. Sky + ART cards. 45.0°E - 58.0°W

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Analoguesat manic midlander retired mod Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Scottish Borders Posts: 11,668 Thanks: 21 Thanked 1,339 Times in 990 Posts	Re: Ofcom won’t name DAB day At last some sense prevails at that normally useless regulator. What would be the point of announcing dab day when large areas of the country still dont have any coverage whatsoever, our dab standard is a joke as audio bandwidth is squeezed more each week by greedy mux operators trying to shoehorn in ever more channels, and the majority of am & fm services still arent carried on any form of digital radio (dab or satellite) __________________ Basic forum rules for both satellite & cable: no keys no patches no offering or asking for card shares Anyone pm'ing me for details of card sharing or anything to do with hacking cable will be banned immediately Analogue forever!!