MuxCo is a joint-venture between National Grid Wireless and Folder Media and was created to bid for new DAB Digital Licences across the country. In each area MuxCo partners with other media companies to collectively bid for each licence. The shareholders vary from area to area depending on who would like to be involved.

This may sound a little complicated but it means that local radio stations can benefit from partly owning their local multiplex. This reduces their costs, and for many, is the only way for them to be able to afford to broadcast on DAB Digital Radio. Folder Media will then manage each of the local multiplexes on the shareholders behalf, letting them concentrate on building their own radio businesses

Folder Media

Folder Media is a collection of individuals and organistations with an interest in DAB Digital Radio. It was created by Gregory Watson and Deanna Hallett at the beginning of 2007.

Gregoryhas huge experience of local digital radio having been GCap’s Group Corporate Development Director. He co-wrote Digital One’s original licence application and created NOWdigital, GCap’s local multiplex network. He also sat on the board’s of MXR and CE Digital.

Deanna has been involved in more successful FM and Digital licences than anyone else in the country. As the Managing Director of Hallett Arendt she works with radio stations across all types of research and additionally provides training for UK radio groups.

You can find out more about Gregory and Deanna in the people section of the website.

National Grid Wireless

With more than 80 years of broadcast engineering and operations experience, and more than 20 years of wireless communications infrastructure experience, National Grid Wireless is an acknowledged leader in the design, deployment, ownership and operation of advanced communications and broadcast networks.

In 1997, Castle Transmission International acquired the Home Service Broadcast Transmission Division of the BBC. This division, encompassed the BBC’s long tradition of engineering advances in broadcasting and was responsible for shaping much of the technology we currently use to receive television and radio signals.

NGW has since continued to build on this tradition, having launched the world’s first commercial Digital Audio Broadcast (DAB) and Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) networks in 1998. Today, they own and operate 17 digital and analogue television and radio broadcast transmission networks.

In addition, they also have the rights to two DTT multiplex licences and we are one of the founder shareholders in Freeview.

Local Shareholders

You can find out about each of the local shareholders in the applications section of the site.