Month: February 2005

ComReg is required to issue a licence to the RTÉ Authority for the transmission ofits programme services under the Broadcasting Authority Act 1960 as amended.The Licence must also conform, with the new EU regulatory framework.In summary: The Licence permits the transmission of RTÉ radio and televisionservices. (2005 – 2012) The Licence is being renewed for…

Ive been busy on the community campaign front of late so apols for less blog posts, Ive stumbled onto CW RTTY and HF Fax as I get ready to do DRM decode in my radio shack, the wierd thing is I should have done this years ago, back in the 386 days of computing I…

Microsoft and Viagra maker Phizer have teamed up to sue Viagra spammers. It was announced yesterday that Microsoft and Pfizer will become partners to slow down the Viagra spam that MSN users receive. —all legal attempts to slow down spam are failing, what is needed is a technology solution to slow it down, I don’t…

Dublin to have new TV station by mid-2005 The Broadcasting Commission of Ireland (BCI) has awarded a licence for a new television station for Dublin, to be called City Channel, which could be broadcasting by the summer. Backed by media entrepreneur David Harvey and a group of as-yet-unnamed investors, the station will initially be available…

The DRM on-air system will propel the AM broadcasting bands below 30 MHz ? short-wave, medium-wave and long-wave – to the next level. DRM is the only universal, non-proprietary digital AM radio system with near-FM quality sound available to markets worldwide. The quality of DRM audio is excellent, and the improvement upon analogue AM is…