The last big FM licence to be awarded to the Dublin market came on air today.
Radio Nova 100.3FM, named after a local legendary 80s pirate, is running a classic rock format.
The elaborate launch at 1pm involved a barge on the River Liffey, at the epicentre of the city, on which a Guns’n’Roses tribute band played live. Banner branding on the barge, the river quays and even a light aircraft above made a big splash. The on-air side of the launch was strangely muted though as you’ll hear from the …
It means "Digital Audio Broadcasting" and even though it's only at it's most basic form in Ireland, it is still streets ahead of FM radio. Watch the short video below for a short demonstration of the advantages of basic DAB.
Take a glimpse of how it should be.
Above is a Nokia mobile with a built-in FM tuner and wi-fi … both fairly standard features on a mobile phone.
What happens is the radio can pick up certain information from the FM broadcast which points it to a webserver which then displays programme associated data on the phone. If you want to know more about any of the pictures displayed simple click on it to be brought to the stations website.
This works just as well with DAB radio as it does with …
I love a bargain and I’ve got one for you right now.
This is Curry’s own-brand FM/DAB radio and on the shelf at Curry’s across Ireland for just €30. I’ve also seen some nice cheap sets at Tesco’s too.
At this price, I’m guessing these radio’s are surplus stock from the UK and most likely not capable/upgradable to DAB+. However, for €30 just to check out DAB here in Ireland, how can you go wrong?
Commercial Radio Australia are to trial sending Podcasts over-the-air via DAB+ to a listeners radio eliminating any need to connect to the internet.
Podcasts are great. You pick what programme you want and listen to it when it suits you best. The downside is you need to find them, download them, and transfer them to an mp3 player and so on. Broadcasting Podcasts direct to a radio receiver eliminates all that downside leaving listeners with just the benefits.
This is what we love about DAB radio. Lots more stations, Slideshow displaying …
To the annoyance of DAB detractors digital radio continues to grow in the UK.
The latest RAJAR results for digital radio are stunning.
In Reach, that is how many people use it however briefly, digital radio is heard by 38.5% of the population at some stage during an average week.
Most importantly in Share, that is out of all listening to all radio how much is shared by digital, the amazing result is 24%. Wow! Just on a quarter of ALL radio listening in the UK is now done using a digital receiver …
This week the Broadcasting Authority (BAI) announced their contract negotiations with all three potential operators of digital terrestrial television (DTT) have now failed.
The process started over two years ago with the award of the licence in principal to Boxer, the combined Denis O’Brien Communicorp and Swedish Boxer group. After a year they withdrew from the process citing the economy and breakdown of negotiations with RTÉ as reasons.
The licence was then offered to the runners-up, OneVision, the Eircom/TV3 consortium. After another year they too withdrew also citing breakdown of negotiations …
