The U.K. is considering switching off their analogue radio. In Hong Kong digital radio is nowhere to be seen. Does it take 330 staff to beat PCCW, Hutchison et al into submission, so not much else is done?
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July 10th, 2004 · 2 Comments
Tags: Interests
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1 James Mok // Jul 10, 2004 at 11:22 pm
Although I can’t imagine there being pure digital radio broadcast completely replacing analog anytime soon, unless RTHK 4 stays analog along with any future plans for their digital radio broadcast, I don’t want it.
OTOH, digital TV broadcast is a gem though.
2 tin_the_fatty // Jul 28, 2004 at 6:03 am
I actually have a draft of a blog entry on this, but never got around to finishing it.
The advantage of digital radio, apart from the advertised better sound quality, is the capacity, i.e. more channels may be cramped into the same frequency band. For a digital FM tuner the different FM stations are wide apart, but on my tiny Sony Walkman analogue radio the scale is very crowded.
Now lack of frequency band capacity and interference are only two of the minor reasons why the HKSAR Govt is refusing to grant licences for public radio channels. Seeing that his power comes from a totalitarian government TCH feels akin to his overlords and wants to turn his own HKSAR Govt aka Tung’s Family Business into one. He will of course have none of that press and broadcast freedom, and just wants a tight grip on any and all media w/ a potential to spread a “subversive” message. So much for the “creative industry” the HKSAR Govt is babbling about.