Digital Radio

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How it works, its future, and its effect on community & pirate radio.

This talk explains how DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting) is much more complex and in many ways better than analogue radio (AM and FM). It looks at the state of the market, which countries have it and its popularity. Does the fact that DAB is much more in the hands of large companies stop small community/student stations from broadcasting? And how much more difficult is it to broadcast pirate radio on the more locked-down DAB?

Description

Both the technical aspects of DAB and the corporate aspects of DAB are very interesting. I aim to describe both, but can lean either way. As much as people may want to know how digital radio is sent to their homes, content and monopoly is also important. I'm going to spend time explaining how community radio is being given a chance in britain and explain how other countries are including/excluding small broadcasters as DAB is introduced. I'll suggest frameworks which could be started to allow community radio and talk about how much more difficult, though possible, it is for pirate radio to hijack the frequencies.

Speakers

• Russell Trafford-Jones

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