The “Digital Radio for Ireland” report was launched at the BCI on Friday. It’s an overview of the industry’s position on the future of Irish digital broadcasting compiled from the views of key commercial, public and independent operators including our company.
The report recommends a Digital Radio Forum be established to conduct more research to present in a White Paper for further consultation. The BCI itself welcomed the report saying it “will play a key part in assisting and informing the policy development process”.
So if you’re waiting for the formal adoption …

Short article in todays Irish Independent about where DAB is in Ireland. Though development of the platform has effectively stalled here, there are some very positive indications in the article.
RTÉ are as keen as ever to get the commericials involved, though it’s interesting to note they want them involved on RTÉ’s own DAB platform. My personal opinion is that this will never happen.
For the commercials, the IBI and UTV Radio appear to consider DAB as part of the future, but absolutely not a priority under the current economic climate.
For our …

The credit crunch hits once again … just as DAB is starting to come together.
The second half of 2008 was looking good. Recent agreement on EBU Standard Profiles will ensure compatibility across the continent. The UK Digital Radio Working Group are also about to formally support the move from FM to DAB. Now, just as these standards and a plan finally come into action, the money has gone the other way.
Considering the turbulent economic conditions it makes absolute sense that Channel 4 have announced they will not launch their new …

The public presentations by candidates for Ireland’s DTT Multiplex Licence’s were held today at the Westbury Hotel, Dublin. The ladies above were not present, I just loved this picture from Flickr!
On with the synopsis starting with what all have in common;
All will use the RTÉ NL transmission system so coverage predictions were all similar 60%+ in 2009 to 90%+ in 2012 as were investment figures of approx €120m.
All made play on how “Irish” they were!
All will have small free offering but mainly subscriber based.
All have large marketing budgets for launch.
All …