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rogue-entity wrote: »If I give them benefit of doubt, and their interest in DAB is sincere at the present time, I don't believe they're interested in RTE's network so much as they're interested in RTE's pre-existing licence for for the multiplex.
If they were able to acquire RTE's transmission equipment, I would also expect they'd look at other sites and not necessarily stay with RTENL
There's absolutely nothing to have stopped them approacing the BAI/ComReg and seeking their own license at any point up to now though. Nor is there anything stopping them having joined the RTÉ NL trial at any point over the last 13 odd years.
It's a pure get-themselves-in-the-news exercise and I suppose it's done exactly as intended
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They could also have joined that eirdab trial in cork last year for buttonsThere's absolutely nothing to have stopped them approacing the BAI/ComReg and seeking their own license at any point up to now though. Nor is there anything stopping them having joined the RTÉ NL trial at any point over the last 13 odd years.
It's a pure get-themselves-in-the-news exercise and I suppose it's done exactly as intended0 -
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Trick of the Tail wrote: »Well, there is: There is no mechanism at the moment to apply for a licence to operate a DAB multiplex.
But then there would equally be no mechanism for them to apply to take on RTÉ's either which is an engineering trial, not an operating service 0 -
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If they were to contact the BAI, the BAI would politely inform them, that they should contact Comreg as the BAI only licence radio stations and not service providers. And then Comreg would have informed them that they do not issue licences for services that involve radio broadcasting, and refer them back to the BAI.There's absolutely nothing to have stopped them approacing the BAI/ComReg and seeking their own license at any point up to now though.
This is precisely how it was when I contacted both 8 years back asking exactly this question.
Under the Broadcasting Act of 2009 it places responsibility for the licencing of sound broadcasting digital multiplexes squarely with the BAI. The commercial broadcasters do not want a shred of competition, so here we are.Nor is there anything stopping them having joined the RTÉ NL trial at any point over the last 13 odd years.)
It does surprise me that they never opted to transmit on eirdab, but I suspect that the main motivation here is to circumvent the BAI and/or to rattle the publicity cage. Because:They could also have joined that eirdab trial in cork last year for buttons
RTEs service was an operating service, if I recall correctly, prior to 2009 RTE were could request frequencies directly from Comreg and launch a service without going through the BAI.But then there would equally be no mechanism for them to apply to take on RTÉ's either which is an engineering trial, not an operating service
Even today, the Broadcasting Act of 2009 does make special provisions for RTE in terms of operating a public service multiplex.
It is a pity, because this country desperately needs more choice outside of Dublin, and I'd love to have Nova available to me without plugging in my phone and fiddling with the app.0 -
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