Expert view: Don't give up on digital just yet

By Damian Radcliffe, Third Sector, 26 March 2008

When I joined the BBC's digital radio team in 1999, everyone expected it to be the next big thing. Nearly a decade on, however, DAB digital radio still feels like it's up and coming.

The technology offers better sound, more stations, ease of tuning and the opportunity to transmit text and other data, but it's also suffered from poor marketing, expensive kit, variable reception and strong unpredicted competition from both digital TV and the internet as a means for listening to audio. DAB has...

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