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Gunnar Garfors
Mar 3, 20112 min read
The EU Pushes DMB, DAB and DAB+
Neelie Kroes, the EUs Commissioner for Digital Agenda, spoke at the Association of European Radio’s (AER) 20th Anniversary Conference...
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Gunnar Garfors
Feb 24, 20112 min read
Internet Radio Expensive in France Too
TDF is a French company that builds and runs networks. All kinds of networks. For both telecom operators and broadcasters. TDF should...
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Gunnar Garfors
Feb 21, 20113 min read
Plains, Trains and Automobiles
Why can’t we just move all distribution of live television and radio to the Internet? Then you’ll get everything through one cable, or...
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Gunnar Garfors
Feb 18, 20114 min read
Not Everyone Lives in Oslo
Once upon a time there was a spoiled little kid that received everything he pointed at, and more. The other kids, his brothers and...
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Gunnar Garfors
Feb 4, 20115 min read
Norway Switches Off FM
Today the Norwegian Ministry of Culture published a 76 pages long report to the government, to be made into legislation, saying that FM...
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Gunnar Garfors
Feb 2, 20114 min read
The 2800% Difference
There are huge differences between countries when it comes to broadcasting and how broadcasting networks must be built and operated....
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Gunnar Garfors
Feb 1, 20114 min read
Making Money From Both Sides
Canadians are in for a change when it comes to their surfing habits. Not those on the beaches of Vancouver Island, but rather those in...
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Gunnar Garfors
Jan 28, 20113 min read
Why Doesn’t Consumerism Apply to Digital Radio?
Wikipedia defines consumerism as a social and economic order that is based on the systematic creation and fostering of a desire to...
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Gunnar Garfors
Jan 27, 20113 min read
Help the BBC Save 74%
How much will the BBC in Britain save on electricity by going from analogue radio transmission via FM to digital radio transmission via...
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Gunnar Garfors
Jan 25, 20112 min read
Telenor Takes on Google
Telenor, Norways biggest ISP and telecom operator, wants to charge media companies to transport their videos to Telenors broadband users....
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Gunnar Garfors
Jan 20, 20114 min read
DAB 20 Times Greener Than FM
There are many reasons (21 Whys FM is almost History) why governments around the world should command broadcasters to switch off FM as...
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Gunnar Garfors
Jan 18, 20113 min read
2034 Transmitters Are 1484 Too Many
There are currently 2,034 FM transmitters in use to broadcast the radio stations of NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting Cooperation) in Norway....
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Gunnar Garfors
Jan 17, 20112 min read
Did Internet Kill Music Collecting?
I recently overheard a discussion between two male music enthusiasts in their fourties in Oslo. They were discussing their hobby;...
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Gunnar Garfors
Jan 15, 20114 min read
Why 4G is Hyped
Current 3G networks in most industrialized countries are facing troubles these days. Usage of 3G has increased too much too fast for...
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Gunnar Garfors
Jan 4, 20111 min read
DMB Will Cover 445 Million People in 2011
DMB, including DAB and DAB+, will cover almost half a billion people in over 35 countries by the end of this year. More here: DMB to...
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Gunnar Garfors
Jan 3, 20112 min read
‘No One’ Wants Tablets in Norway
Comparatively speaking that is. The Norwegian Newspaper Aftenposten today reported that 18% of Norwegians wants a tablet by the end of...
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Gunnar Garfors
Jan 2, 20115 min read
Cry Wolf, Cry Pad
The iPad and all its cousins will save the bottom line of digital media houses. Or so were we told. Sales figures (sales of e-mags have...
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Gunnar Garfors
Dec 18, 20108 min read
21 Reasons Why FM is Almost History
FM is almost history. In more and more countries. Governments, broadcasters, receiver manufacturers and last but nowhere near least the...
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Gunnar Garfors
Dec 15, 20102 min read
Deutschland Decided for DAB+
Germany has decided to launch nationwide radio stations via DAB+, the de facto standard for digital broadcasting of radio and mobile TV....
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Gunnar Garfors
Dec 12, 20103 min read
Death of a Standard
DVB-H was hailed by many as the solution for mobile TV. Most of whom worked for telecom operators. There are many reasons why DVB-H never...
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