Boxer’s withdrawal from DTT in Ireland hasn’t exactly been met with tears.The current and anticipated economic climate were reasons cited for Boxer pulling out of DTT but the real killer was a request from RTÉ for a €20m bond to operate the digital transmission network.
Within the industry the general feeling here is that neither the economic climate nor transmission fees are the problem but a realisation that a terrestrial pay TV option just will not work. I tend to agree for three strong reasons;
Firstly Ireland already enjoys over 75% digital …

OFCOM, the UK broadcasting regulator, have made several interesting proposals in their response to the UK governments Digital Britain report. Some are very good and some are very very bad.
On the good side, OFCOM have backed DAB as the main digital platform for the future. They agree with the long term view being taken in the UK that national and regional stations eventually migrate to DAB-only.
Their intention is to allow regional stations to merge and provide a quasi-national service on DAB. With many of these services being niche formats it …