Re: BBC radio chief Jenny Abramsky urges unity on DAB

On 28 Apr, 22:13, Sean Inglis <inva...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
DAB sounds worse than FM wrote:





Mike Terry wrote:
The Guardian
28 April 2008

The BBC director of audio and music, Jenny Abramsky,

AKA the woman who screwed digital radio up for a decade / a generation.

has called on the
commercial sector to unite with the corporation to tackle the issues
that threaten the future of digital audio broadcasting (DAB) radio.

Abramsky said the BBC and its commercial rivals should work together
on a joint marketing push and a higher quality DAB signal.

Higher transmission powers, not higher bit rates, therefore audio quality
still ***.

She said the biggest danger was "technological uncertainty, and this
particularly applies to DAB".

Oh yeah? So she's the LIAR that's responsible for LYING to the general
public about DAB+ then?! I bet she fucking was as well - she effectively
LIED to the public when they held a public consultation for the new
digital only stations by omitting to tell them an absolutelyu crucial
piece of information, because she knew that that information would
jeopardise her plans, so it wouldn't surprise me if it was her that's
responsible for LYING to the public about DAB+ over the last year.

She described the BBC as "squarely behind DAB"

Once incompetent, always incompetent.

but said there were
issues including coverage, affordability, quality of reception,

She still won't face up to the audio quality problem, the incompetent
fool. The sooner this woman goes the better the whole country will be. All
she's interested in is making sure her legacy is that the nation uses her
godforsaken system that the ENTIRE PLANET* has turned its nose up at using
but she backed because she didn't have a clue.

* apart from Denmark and Norway, which are irrelevant.

the
attractiveness of digital radio receivers on the market, industry
cohesiveness and uncertainty over future technology.

Booohooooo. I'm crying.

"They are not easy barriers to overcome, but they are not
insurmountable," she said.

The BBC's national DAB stations currently reach about 86% of the UK
population, or 60% of the country geographically. It has committed to
build its coverage but only to 90% of the population within five
years.
Abramsky said the Digital Radio Working Group, which was set up by the
government to help push digital radio and includes representatives
from the BBC, commercial radio and Ofcom, should consider ways to
dramatically speed up growth of geographical coverage.

"The BBC, commercial radio and our transmission providers have no
agreed planning model for digital radio or common measurement for the
UK," she said.

Presumably that's not helped by laying off 50% of the BBC R&D department,
is it Jenny?

"Instead of the three current methods that currently exist, I hope
the DRWG, under Barry Cox's leadership, agrees a single planning
model and common measurement and with a plan to fill in areas where
DAB coverage has 'holes', thereby providing the consistent reception
that DAB is capable of delivering."

Oh yeah, it's capable of it - at what price?

She added: "I strongly believe DAB must remain at the heart of the UK
digital radio experience.

Yes, it's your legacy, innit Jenny. That's all you care about.

The reason is simple: it is the only
platform that replicates some of radio's strongest features. It is
both portable and easy to use."

The only portable platform? Is it Jenny? Is it, you technically
incompetent idiot? Is it the only portable platform? Do you own a mobile
phone, Jenny? Have you learnt to use it yet?

But she said the most important factor in radio's future was content.
"Without content there will be no future. Content is everything.

Oh, content is everything, and yet there's loads of problems? Content
isn't everythign then is it you incompetent fool.

Content is what matters to audiences. Everything else, all the
digital technology in the world, comes down to convenience."

So how does she explain the BBC iPlayer's success? Is that down to
"convenience"? Do people want to watch TV on their computers? Is that more
convenient than wathcing it on a TV? NO, obviously not. More bull*** from
the technically incompetent idiot.

Your fumings are nonsensical.

Content *is* everything. Convenience is a close second. Absolute quality
trails somewhere in the distance.

Explain the explosive success of media players that rip, store and stream
DVDs. Users willingly sacrifice quality for convenience and to fit more of
the content they want to see onto a device that makes it easy to get to.

Of *course* the iPlayers success is down to convenience and content. What
*else* could it be? Unsurprisingly the BBC website is the definitive source
for BBC content. Content which is easily browsed and increasingly complete.

*Far* more convenient than searching torrent sites / binary newsgroups etc.

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Wow! SG's gone rabid!!!

is it a full moon tonight?

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