Saturday, June 13, 2009

UK to close down FM in 2017

The U.K. will start to close down its analog FM and AM broadcasts in 2017, according to an article in Saturday's Financial Times. In 2020 all radio in the U.K. will be digital, if the plans are realized.

The proposal is included in the government's Digital Britain white paper, which is presented to the parliament on Tuesday. FT's sources say that the British analog close-down has been accelerated by the French decision that all radios sold in France must be digital by 2013.


1 comment:

  1. Everyone by now must know that DAB reception is much inferior in terms of audio quality to FM.Also,even in strong signal areas for DAB,portable DAB radios constantly lose signal when being moved. I have this problem all the time when out walking with a DAB portable,whereas an FM/AM portable is fine.I have several DAB portables which are all virtually useless. Fixed DAB sets work OK. FM must NOT be turned off!

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