Comments on: Broadcast Asia (Part 3) – A Tale of Two (DAB) Cities http://nick.piggott.name/blog/2007/06/27/broadcast-asia-part-3-a-tale-of-two-dab-cities/ Nick Piggott's blog about the intersection between new media and radio Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:27:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: nicky http://nick.piggott.name/blog/2007/06/27/broadcast-asia-part-3-a-tale-of-two-dab-cities/comment-page-1/#comment-13 nicky Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:28:00 +0000 http://www.nick.piggott.name/blog/2007/06/27/broadcast-asia-part-3-a-tale-of-two-dab-cities/#comment-13 I remember "promoting" DAB in the early days by standing next to an Arcam in a tent, offering demos, at some large balloon oriented OB in the West Country. If memory serves I was wearing a large baggy DAB TOMORROWS WIRELESS polo shirt (probably a mans), looking, uh probably like a man, and the whole thing couldn't have been less sexy if I'd been wearing wellies. Which I was, come to think about it. And not in a good way.<br/><br/>No wonder I didn't get any enquiries. I am not sure if I meant that to be an analogy, a demonstration of the awkward style of DAB promotion in the early days, which I feel did us no favours, or if I am merely trying to exorcise a painful memory...<br/><br/>Basically if we'd have got a bunch of leggy tarts in to throw £50 notes around and fake orgasms whilst listening to Flix, Music From The Movies on that Roke Manor portable, DAB might be doing better than it is. And Flix might have whole new cult following. <br/><br/>A "Tits out" approach rather than a "tits up" one, maybe. <br/><br/>Or maybe not. I remember “promoting” DAB in the early days by standing next to an Arcam in a tent, offering demos, at some large balloon oriented OB in the West Country. If memory serves I was wearing a large baggy DAB TOMORROWS WIRELESS polo shirt (probably a mans), looking, uh probably like a man, and the whole thing couldn’t have been less sexy if I’d been wearing wellies. Which I was, come to think about it. And not in a good way.

No wonder I didn’t get any enquiries. I am not sure if I meant that to be an analogy, a demonstration of the awkward style of DAB promotion in the early days, which I feel did us no favours, or if I am merely trying to exorcise a painful memory…

Basically if we’d have got a bunch of leggy tarts in to throw £50 notes around and fake orgasms whilst listening to Flix, Music From The Movies on that Roke Manor portable, DAB might be doing better than it is. And Flix might have whole new cult following.

A “Tits out” approach rather than a “tits up” one, maybe.

Or maybe not.

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