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Channel 4’s Announcement

By Gregory Watson • Oct 13th, 2008 • Category: News

Folder Media notes the announcement from Channel 4  that due to a drastic downturn in their (television) revenues, that they are cancelling their radio project.
DAB Digital Radio listening accounts for 11% of all UK radio listening (over double the combined figures for digital television and the internet) and the medium is [...]



Fun Radio Joins the Folder Family

By Gregory Watson • Sep 24th, 2008 • Category: Lead Story

Fun Radio, the only UK radio station for children and their families has just been acquired by Folder Media. It broadcasts on DAB Digital Radio in London and online at www.funradiolive.com and we’ve got exciting plans for it to grow and develop.



MuxCo Wins Somerset

By Gregory Watson • May 21st, 2008 • Category: News

Folder Media subsidiary MuxCo has today, 21st May, been awardedthe DAB Digital Radio multiplex licence for Somerest by communications regulator Ofcom.
MuxCo Somerset Ltd is a joint venture between MuxCo, The Local Radio Company and UKRD and plans to broadcast the following stations: Orchard FM, Star 107.7, Ivel FM, Quaywest, Easy Radio, UCB UK, Traffic Radio and a Podcast [...]



Ofcom Awards the Surrey & Sussex Licence to MuxCo

By Gregory Watson • Apr 25th, 2008 • Category: News

On the 22nd April, Ofcom awarded the Surrey and Sussex DAB Digital Radio multiplex licence to Folder Media’s MuxCo subsidiary.
This is the seventh DAB Digital Radio multiplex that a MuxCo company has been awarded and a key licence in the MuxCo network, broadcasting to over 1million people. The Surrey & Sussex joint venture was submitted [...]



Our MuxCo Project

By Gregory Watson • Mar 19th, 2008 • Category: Feature

MuxCo Ltd was created to help operators of smaller radio services and new companies and organisations who have an interest in broadcasting, to participate in DAB digital radio, either as full or part time services.
MuxCo Ltd’s principle objectives are:

Delivering efficient local multiplex solutions
Making local DAB more cost efficient for service providers
Creating economic benefits to shareholders, [...]