As a commercial operator it was most interesting to hear what big national public service broadcasters are up to in the digital arena during last weeks conference in Brussels.
The European Broadcasting Union believes the future of radio is digital broadcasting. It will be multi-platform, with the internet complementing services not superseding them, and for all this to work Europe needs EU wide digital radio policies from government. On this everyone, including ourselves, agree.
It came across very strongly that the EBU, not only considers DAB+ as the platform of choice, but …

I attended the recent EBU Digital Radio Conference in Belfast where an affirmative plan has been put in place by the EBU to advance the actual introduction of digital radio across Europe.
What surprised me most about the conference was the amount of consensus and agreement despite the room being full of disparate parties and viewpoints. Three points came across loud and clear; co-operation between interested parties, content is king and the importance of the internet.
Co-Operation
In her keynote speech Clare Duignan, RTÉ Director of Radio, said public and commercial broadcasters need …