http://nick.piggott.name/blog/2009/01/29/dab-doing-it-properly/ 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 http://nick.piggott.name/blog/2009/01/29/dab-doing-it-properly/comment-page-1/#comment-10413 Flogging a DAB horse… @ Technology News Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:15:18 +0000 http://nick.piggott.name/blog/?p=113#comment-10413 [...] years banging on about option (2), and several countries are now adopting it. What I want is “DAB done right“. I gather the UK radio industry doesn’t like it because it makes a few million current [...] [...] years banging on about option (2), and several countries are now adopting it. What I want is “DAB done right“. I gather the UK radio industry doesn’t like it because it makes a few million current [...]

]]> http://nick.piggott.name/blog/2009/01/29/dab-doing-it-properly/comment-page-1/#comment-5929 Martin Bedford Thu, 26 Mar 2009 07:27:36 +0000 http://nick.piggott.name/blog/?p=113#comment-5929 Absolutely spot on! Higher power, MUCH higher power is undoubtedly the one area that neeeds to be tackled first - take up of DAB may well be reported as healthy, but in my own experience as a retailer has only taken off since radio manufacturers succumbed to putting FM on them too. The 'DAB only' sets I used to sell, including the PC dongles, bombed, and anything with a simple short built-in rod antenna like those dongles, and the iRiver or the fated Virgin Lobster just can't hack it on the move. Great technology but let's try and utilise it (mind you, whatever happened to Slideshow?). Who's going to pay for high power TXs though? Only point you make that is a slight issue with me IMHO is the quality one. On the contrary I think there are a significant number of people who don't like, in fact can't/won't even listen to the low bitrates of sone stations; those operators who operate these 'daleks' give the service a bad name. Absolutely spot on! Higher power, MUCH higher power is undoubtedly the one area that neeeds to be tackled first – take up of DAB may well be reported as healthy, but in my own experience as a retailer has only taken off since radio manufacturers succumbed to putting FM on them too. The ‘DAB only’ sets I used to sell, including the PC dongles, bombed, and anything with a simple short built-in rod antenna like those dongles, and the iRiver or the fated Virgin Lobster just can’t hack it on the move. Great technology but let’s try and utilise it (mind you, whatever happened to Slideshow?). Who’s going to pay for high power TXs though? Only point you make that is a slight issue with me IMHO is the quality one. On the contrary I think there are a significant number of people who don’t like, in fact can’t/won’t even listen to the low bitrates of sone stations; those operators who operate these ‘daleks’ give the service a bad name.

]]> http://nick.piggott.name/blog/2009/01/29/dab-doing-it-properly/comment-page-1/#comment-5133 links for 2009-02-02 « Common User Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:30:32 +0000 http://nick.piggott.name/blog/?p=113#comment-5133 [...] Blogging Nick Piggott » DAB - Doing DAB Properly Manifesto from Nick Piggott "Let’s start by reminding ourselves that we have the most successful implementation of free-to-air digital radio anywhere in the world. There is no discussion, no set of statistics, no spin that can deny that fact. " (tags: DAB digitalradio nickpigott) [...] [...] Blogging Nick Piggott » DAB – Doing DAB Properly Manifesto from Nick Piggott "Let’s start by reminding ourselves that we have the most successful implementation of free-to-air digital radio anywhere in the world. There is no discussion, no set of statistics, no spin that can deny that fact. " (tags: DAB digitalradio nickpigott) [...]

]]> http://nick.piggott.name/blog/2009/01/29/dab-doing-it-properly/comment-page-1/#comment-5126 Rich Morris Mon, 02 Feb 2009 01:05:54 +0000 http://nick.piggott.name/blog/?p=113#comment-5126 Dusty - when you say "step 3 starting this Summer" - does this means you have plans to introduce DAB+ into Ireland in the foreseeable future? Dusty – when you say “step 3 starting this Summer” – does this means you have plans to introduce DAB+ into Ireland in the foreseeable future?

]]> http://nick.piggott.name/blog/2009/01/29/dab-doing-it-properly/comment-page-1/#comment-5072 Dusty Rhodes Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:37:43 +0000 http://nick.piggott.name/blog/?p=113#comment-5072 Never mind Australia. In Ireland we're planning to do steps 1, 3 and 4 starting this summer. Updates on our website as we go. Never mind Australia. In Ireland we’re planning to do steps 1, 3 and 4 starting this summer. Updates on our website as we go.

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