Comments on: The digital switchover – some questions http://james.cridland.net/blog/the-digital-switchover-some-questions/ Radio futurologist and beer drinker Mon, 21 May 2012 11:08:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Dr Sean Bradley http://james.cridland.net/blog/the-digital-switchover-some-questions/#comment-2705 Dr Sean Bradley Sun, 27 Jun 2010 10:30:09 +0000 http://james.cridland.net/blog/?p=2024#comment-2705 From where I stand, I can see no benefit from the digital switchover - quite the opposite in fact 1 It claimed more stations - yes -but many are simply clones. Many are just advertising. Many are low standard and some are frankly offensive. I did not request the latter and they cannot be removed 2 I now need several remotes and my PVR and DVD recorder have become unreliable 3 I find it all more confusing From where I stand, I can see no benefit from the digital switchover – quite the opposite in fact

1 It claimed more stations – yes -but many are simply
clones. Many are just advertising. Many are low standard and some are frankly offensive. I did not request the latter and they cannot be removed
2 I now need several remotes and my PVR and DVD recorder have become unreliable
3 I find it all more confusing

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]]> By: Martin Steers http://james.cridland.net/blog/the-digital-switchover-some-questions/#comment-2703 Martin Steers Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:04:26 +0000 http://james.cridland.net/blog/?p=2024#comment-2703 The digital migration is a huge opportunity for ILR's, Community Radio Stations and even Student Radio Stations, with a freeing up of the spectrum means there will be more opportunity for these stations to go on air, and these stations cost less to operate and have the desire to be different to the mainstream commercial stations / BBC so you will see an ever increasing diversity of radio content at a local level. A national alternative to Radio 4 (Re: Adam) is possible if you can get national reach and get the listeners, because it has to be commercially viable, either that or radio stations should have the opportunity to bid for public money to run public service / public sphere programming. The digital migration is a huge opportunity for ILR’s, Community Radio Stations and even Student Radio Stations, with a freeing up of the spectrum means there will be more opportunity for these stations to go on air, and these stations cost less to operate and have the desire to be different to the mainstream commercial stations / BBC so you will see an ever increasing diversity of radio content at a local level.

A national alternative to Radio 4 (Re: Adam) is possible if you can get national reach and get the listeners, because it has to be commercially viable, either that or radio stations should have the opportunity to bid for public money to run public service / public sphere programming.

]]> By: joao p meneses http://james.cridland.net/blog/the-digital-switchover-some-questions/#comment-2702 joao p meneses Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:52:14 +0000 http://james.cridland.net/blog/?p=2024#comment-2702 Dear James I live in a country where doesn't exists DAB. Fortunately. DAB will die in the moment that Internet will be portable (and almost free). ANd this will take 5 years? 10, maximum. So, DAB will be one more technology of transition. I can't understand why people is so interested in DAB. «DAB is dead and nobody has courage to tell it?» Dear James
I live in a country where doesn’t exists DAB. Fortunately. DAB will die in the moment that Internet will be portable (and almost free). ANd this will take 5 years? 10, maximum. So, DAB will be one more technology of transition. I can’t understand why people is so interested in DAB.
«DAB is dead and nobody has courage to tell it?»

]]> By: Adam Westbrook http://james.cridland.net/blog/the-digital-switchover-some-questions/#comment-2701 Adam Westbrook Tue, 23 Feb 2010 07:23:30 +0000 http://james.cridland.net/blog/?p=2024#comment-2701 Here's a question: does digital/online offer any chance for commercial radio to be anything other than repetitive 'hits and memories'? Is there any hope we might one day see a non BBC alternative to Radio 4? I'm personally not counting my chickens with digital switchover...there's so much politics at play with various radio groups it wouldn't surprise me if it got delayed further when the Tories come in. Here’s a question: does digital/online offer any chance for commercial radio to be anything other than repetitive ‘hits and memories’? Is there any hope we might one day see a non BBC alternative to Radio 4?

I’m personally not counting my chickens with digital switchover…there’s so much politics at play with various radio groups it wouldn’t surprise me if it got delayed further when the Tories come in.

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