Comments on: Comparing DAB Digital Radio coverage to others… http://james.cridland.net/blog/comparing-dab-digital-radio-coverage-to-others/ From a radio futurologist - where broadcast radio and new platforms collide. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:59:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Richard M http://james.cridland.net/blog/comparing-dab-digital-radio-coverage-to-others/comment-page-1/#comment-32520 Richard M Sun, 23 Mar 2008 10:27:15 +0000 http://james.cridland.net/blog/2008/02/19/comparing-dab-digital-radio-coverage-to-others/#comment-32520 Or how about using some of that spare capacity to broadcast a DAB+ service....... Or how about using some of that spare capacity to broadcast a DAB+ service…….

]]> By: Paul http://james.cridland.net/blog/comparing-dab-digital-radio-coverage-to-others/comment-page-1/#comment-32171 Paul Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:31:56 +0000 http://james.cridland.net/blog/2008/02/19/comparing-dab-digital-radio-coverage-to-others/#comment-32171 Slideshow would be good; one of the problems it has is that it sounds a bit dull and only when people actually see it in action do they 'get' it. I demonstrated slideshow at the 2005 Australian radio festival in Sydney and it generated a lot of interest. Slideshow is a practical application (ie not difficult to implement, or necessarily needing huge bandwidth) that adds a huge amount of value to the platform - colour and visual identity - and makes it look and feel 21st century rather than late 20th. Slideshow would be good; one of the problems it has is that it sounds a bit dull and only when people actually see it in action do they ‘get’ it. I demonstrated slideshow at the 2005 Australian radio festival in Sydney and it generated a lot of interest.

Slideshow is a practical application (ie not difficult to implement, or necessarily needing huge bandwidth) that adds a huge amount of value to the platform – colour and visual identity – and makes it look and feel 21st century rather than late 20th.

]]> By: John Handelaar http://james.cridland.net/blog/comparing-dab-digital-radio-coverage-to-others/comment-page-1/#comment-32142 John Handelaar Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:23:25 +0000 http://james.cridland.net/blog/2008/02/19/comparing-dab-digital-radio-coverage-to-others/#comment-32142 Does this 90% include all the places where if you're indoors you get nothing? I never had quite such a moment of amusement as seeing a shelfful of fully-powered receivers in John Lewis in Edinburgh, not tuned to Birdsong but an even quieter station called "Scanning...". Does this 90% include all the places where if you’re indoors you get nothing?

I never had quite such a moment of amusement as seeing a shelfful of fully-powered receivers in John Lewis in Edinburgh, not tuned to Birdsong but an even quieter station called “Scanning…”.

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