Handelaar on DAB

HANDELAAR -- John Handelaar offers two really good reasons to steer clear of Digital Audio Broadcasting because it loses the first round in any fight between 3G or WiMax. From his perspective:

1. Eventually digital radio distribution will become a straight fight between DAB, where "old" radio continues to make a long-term business plan out of spectrum scarcity. Where you’ll never get more than 35 stations at a time, none of which you want to hear anyway. Where Capital FM and Heart own the airwaves.
2. Portable internet radio delivered by 3G or WiMax or Satellite or whatever, where you can choose any radio station the hell you like from anywhere on earth. Where Des O’Connor FM - All Des, All The Time makes serious money because it owns all the Des fans in the world - while Capital FM is relegated to just one more of the 4500 available CHR stations on the dial. Where all the remaining financial impetus to waste spectrum on catering to common denominators is removed.

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John Handelaar -- "You can run but you can't hide"
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