Ofcom plans to change digital radio rules

Posted At : 01 September 2008 14:33 | Posted By : Anne Austin
Related Categories: Digital radio, UK

Media regulator Ofcom has decided to redraw the licensing rules for digital radio operators in an attempt to encourage further spread of the medium.

Currently, the plan is for Channel 4 and its minority partners to take a 65% stake in Digital One, the lossmaking national platform that Global Radio inherited when it purchased GCap Media. Global and its network partner Arqiva, meanwhile, will take a stake in Digital Two, which Ofcom says may eventually become a national/regional hybrid transmission platform. Ofcom hopes Channel 4 will launch its three new stations on D1 by April 2009, although given the current advertising climate, only E4 Radio is fully expected to meet this deadline.

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