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Gunnar Garfors
Nov 2, 20112 min read
Singapore’s DAB Troubles Explained
Digital radio via DAB will cease to exist in Singapore from December 1, 2011 it was reported today. That must be a major blow to those of...
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Gunnar Garfors
Oct 4, 20111 min read
Denmark Also to Switch Off FM
On May 19, 2011 the Norwegian government passed a bill that states that FM will be switched off in June 2017. Both myself and others...
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Gunnar Garfors
Sep 7, 20112 min read
Like Selling Flowers to Unfaithful Husbands
Do you have an Iphone, Ipod or Ipad? Do you miss radio or TV on the device? A lot of I-owners seem to be very pleased with their devices,...
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Gunnar Garfors
Sep 1, 20112 min read
Voting, Chatting, Twittering.On Your TV, On Your Radio.
It has been over five months since I wrote about the first combination tablet being produced. The device in question is the Identity...
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Gunnar Garfors
Aug 30, 20111 min read
Looking Outside the Box
Broadcasting has traditionally been seen as a way to distribute radio and television. Some has seen it as the only way to do so. But the...
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Gunnar Garfors
Jul 28, 20112 min read
Another Case Against T2
Whenever you have a problem, there will always be someone claiming that a solution will solve the problem in the near future. For digital...
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Gunnar Garfors
Jun 26, 20113 min read
The Bias of the Internet
If you are looking for a certain place, i.e. a park, in a new town, likelihood is that you wil ask someone you meet on the street where...
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Gunnar Garfors
Jun 22, 20112 min read
Who Did NOT Watch This?
Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation NRK’s Hurtigruten project which shows the voyage from Bergen to Kirkenes, an almost 6 day long live TV...
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Gunnar Garfors
Jun 22, 20112 min read
Those Left Behind
Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation NRK reported that 176 countries visited their web site to follow Hurtigruten. My big question was,...
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Gunnar Garfors
Jun 20, 20113 min read
Half of Norway and a Voyage of Two Screens
Norway’s five and a half day long Coastal Voyage is broadcast live minute by minute on Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation NRK’s national...
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Gunnar Garfors
Jun 17, 20113 min read
Why Telecom Networks Need a Little Help
Telenor, Norway’s biggest telecom operator is struggling to deliver the capacity needed by their share of the 5 million people in the...
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Gunnar Garfors
Jun 6, 20111 min read
The Internet is as Dirty as Planes
I travel a lot. Often by airplanes. That puts me at the receiving end of a fair amount of jokes regarding pollution. Planes pollute a...
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Gunnar Garfors
Jun 2, 20113 min read
Intel and Cisco Look To Broadcasting
The BBC writes that the number of internet connected devices will explode to over 15 billion, twice the worlds population, by 2015. They...
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Gunnar Garfors
May 23, 20113 min read
Double Distribution, Just Don’t Do It
How can we best utilize frequencies or bandwidth? The top trick is to get rid of double distribution. Why distribute the same signals...
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Gunnar Garfors
May 10, 20112 min read
Digitalized Tunnels are Safer
The government in Norway has decided that FM will be switched off in 2017. But what does that mean for the radio coverage in road...
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Gunnar Garfors
May 2, 20113 min read
Why FM Must Go
The Internet cannot substitute broadcasting as a distribution method for radio. I have covered this before: A Collapse of the Internet...
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Gunnar Garfors
Apr 12, 20113 min read
The Problem of New
We hear about it everyday. A new phone, a new social network, a new pattern or a new invention. There is nothing wrong with this,...
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Gunnar Garfors
Apr 1, 20113 min read
A Collapse of the Internet Narrowly Avoided
Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) recently broke the national record of web tv streaming. During the World championship in Skiing...
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Gunnar Garfors
Mar 21, 20111 min read
Combination Tablets, Finally
I have been talking about the combination between broadcasting and the Internet for a long time. Why not use the best of two worlds to...
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Gunnar Garfors
Mar 3, 20112 min read
The BBC Wants Mobile TV Urgently
Mark Thompson, the General Director of the BBC, spoke about mobile TV to the Guardian yesterday. Thompson wants broadcasters which...
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