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BBC considering helping out commercial DAB network
By CMU Editorial | Published on Thursday 11 December 2008
The BBC may put some of its digital radio stations onto Digital One, the commercial radio sector’s national digital radio network.
The Beeb would presumably pay to do this, and in doing so help prop up the struggling digital audio broadcasting network which has capacity for ten stations but currently only carries four.
The development follows Channel 4’s decision to drop its plans to launch a second national DAB multiplex, and some executives in other commercial radio firms expressing doubts over the long term future of that particular digital broadcasting medium. The BBC remains committed to DAB.
If the BBC was to hire space on the Digital One network it would free up space on its own national DAB network, which could be used to launch new services or increase the sound quality of existing services.
