FM-radioen synger på sidste vers

Den britiske hifi-kæde Dixons stopper inden længe salget af FM-radioer.

 Salget af DAB overhalede de analoge radioer allerede i december 2003 i Storbritannien, og Dixons sælger i dag 30 gange flere DAB- end FM-radioer.

DAB Danmark forventer at den samme udvikling vil gøre sig gældende her i landet.

»England er foran os i udrulningen af DAB og har gjort til sindssygt godt.

Der er ingen tvivl om, at med de tiltag der gøres i Danmark de næste par år, kommer vi til at havne i samme situation i løbet af relativt kort tid,« siger Christian Kjeldsen i DAB Danmark.

Til dato er der solgt mere end 200.000 DAB-radioer i Danmark.

Inden for de næste tre uger kommer der yderligere ti nye DAB-sendere.

BBC forhandler i øjeblikket med flere producenter om at udvikle en DAB-chip, som kan monteres i mobiltelefoner, mp3-afspillere og andre mobile enheder.

Virgin Mobile har allerede meddelt, at man vil tilbyde DAB-radio på visse mobiltelefoner i England fra efteråret.

Nyheder fra NORGE

I en pressemelding 15. juni informerte Hi-Fi klubben, Nordens største kjede av spesialistbutikker innen lyd- og bildeprodukter til hjemmet, kommer fremover ikke lenger til å selge rene FM-radioer i sine butikker. På butikkhyllene vil det kun finnes radioer som er tilpasset DAB-nettet- enten som rene DAB-mottakere, eller modeller som kan motta både DAB og FM. HI Fi Klubbens egen Argon modell er en av de største salgssuksessene i det norske markedet.

Herunder den originale artikel som er sakset fra DABRADIO.DK

UK : stopper salget af FM radioer
Skrevet den 16/08-06 af Christian Kjeldsen

One hundred years after what is widely considered to have been the first audio radio broadcast, Dixons, the leading UK e-tailer of consumer electricals, is discontinuing the sale of analogue radios. The decision follows substantial growth in the sale of digital radios, and expansion in the number and range of digital transmitters. Digital radios are now outselling analogue radios by 30:1 at dixons.co.uk.

Dixons announced in December 2003 that digital radios were outselling analogue tuners for the first time ever, confirming then that the future of radio in the UK will be digital.

Other products on Dixons’ “endangered species” list include the personal CD player and the so-called “boom box”, reflecting the changes that the MP3 player and the iPod are making on the portable audio market.

The growth of the market for digital radio has been driven by improvements to the range, better availability of stock, new portable models and investment in new transmitters, according to Dixons. Dixons now offers digital radios for as little as £29.98 via its site, www.dixons.co.uk, which welcomes more than 1 million visitors a month. Original DAB receivers cost in the region of £2,000.

“The growth in demand for digital radios is further evidence that we’re living in the digital age,” said Nick Wilkinson, Group managing director for Dixons. “The snap, crackle and pop of the traditional wireless is rapidly being replaced with the crystal-clear sound of digital audio broadcasting.”

He added: “The traditional radio has been a huge part of home life in the UK, through good times and bad, over the last 100 years. Some of the most pivotal events in our history have been communicated to UK homes from analogue radio transmitters to wirelesses in homes around the UK. There is probably no other piece of technology that conjures such a powerful mental image as the old wireless perched on the mantelpiece with the family gathered around it.”

Today’s digital radios offer significant advantages over their analogue predecessors, including crisper sound quality, text-based services, pause and rewind functions on some models and a host of content not available to AM or FM listeners.



Kilde : Dixons PR, UK
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