Norway begins shutdown of FM radio

[everettT]

Norway becomes the first country to implement a national DAB broadcast system. Will other countries follow?

https://www.thelocal.no/20171213/norway-becomes-first-country-to-switch-off-fm-radio

 

[theJman]

Seems pretty aggressive. The market kills legacy technologies on its own, there's no need for a heavy-handed approach. Unless there was a something going on behind the scenes...

The transition, which began on January 11th, allows for better sound quality, a greater number of channels and more functions, all at a cost eight times lower than FM radio, according to authorities.

The bolded part makes me wonder what the true motive was; FM is free here - and I assume over their as well - so how can something new be 8x less expensive than free? When things don't add up I get suspicious.

 

[mtrycrafts]

Seems pretty aggressive. The market kills legacy technologies on its own, there's no need for a heavy-handed approach. Unless there was a something going on behind the scenes...

The transition, which began on January 11th, allows for better sound quality, a greater number of channels and more functions, all at a cost eight times lower than FM radio, according to authorities.

The bolded part makes me wonder what the true motive was; FM is free here - and I assume over their as well - so how can something new be 8x less expensive than free? When things don't add up I get suspicious.

The use of fuzzy math?

ps. this only affects the National Radio Service, not local stations that continue to broadcast.