Oct 29 2018
Four million more listeners across the UK can now receive 19 further radio stations on DAB digital radio for the first time following the launch of new transmitters covering parts of East Anglia, the South West, Kent, South Wales and North East Scotland. The new transmitters have expanded the coverage of Sound Digital, the national […]
Sep 25 2018
UK, London, 25 September 2018: Sound Digital, the national commercial DAB multiplex operated by Arqiva, Bauer and Wireless, has today announced that its expansion programme of 19 new transmitters is nearing completion, with the first of the extended coverage areas due to go live in the coming weeks. Announced in May 2018, the expansion of […]
May 17 2018
Digital listening has reached a new record share of 50.9% – a landmark achievement for the industry which hopes will trigger action from the Government about the future of DAB. This compares to 47.2% in Q1 2017 and to 24.0% in Q1 2010 when the Government’s Digital Radio Action Plan, which outlined a programme of […]
Mar 19 2018
The BBC says it wants to keep FM radio for the foreseeable future rather than switch over entirely to digital. BBC director of radio and music Bob Shennan said that “audiences want choice”. “We need to do more in the UK before we consider a switchover and for that to be genuinely led by the […]
Dec 19 2017
Forces Radio BFBS is returning to national DAB digital radio next year. After nine months away we will return as a DAB+ station on January 24 2018. As the forces broadcaster, we entertain, inform and connect the British Forces community worldwide. Even if we do say so ourselves, Forces Radio BFBS broadcasts a superb line-up […]
Dec 13 2017
The switchover started in the county of Nordland in January and was completed on December 13 when the broadcasters switched off their FM broadcasts in the counties of Troms and Finnmark. The FM-switch-off was completed according to the Regional Plan. The coverage for DAB+ in Norway is 99,7 percent of the population for the NRK’s […]
Nov 28 2017
BBC Radio Cymru’s new second radio service is to launch on the 29th January, offering additional choice to Welsh speakers on DAB, online, iPlayer Radio and digital TV platforms. In a speech at Pontio in Bangor on Monday night, the Director of BBC Wales, Rhodri Talfan Davies, said the development of Radio Cymru 2 was […]
Oct 2 2017
The BBC World Service is now available on DAB digital radio in Denmark following a national switch to DAB+. Overnight from 30th September to 1st October 2017, the Danish DAB network was switched to the newer DAB+ standard, providing room for new services to launch, including the BBC World Service, which now occupies a 40kbps […]
Sep 13 2017
UK, London, 12 September 2017: Arqiva*, the UK’s largest independent towers provider and communications infrastructure group, announces excellent results for the year ended 30 June 2017, with another year of record revenues and earnings. Arqiva provides communications infrastructure used by mobile telecoms network operators, TV and radio broadcasters, and satellite TV broadcasters. The company has […]
Jun 23 2017
The BBC is to make two major changes to radio broadcasting in Wales. The broadcaster has confirmed its plans to launch a new digital-only peak time service called BBC Radio Cymru 2, providing additional choice to Welsh speakers on DAB, iPlayer Radio and on digital TV platforms. Discussions regarding carriage agreements are ongoing with various […]
Mar 13 2017
BBC World Service English has announced the launch of a 24/7 DAB+ radio service in the Netherlands in an agreement with Broadcast Digital Networks (BDN) and Mobiele TV Nederland (MTVNL). In a three year contract BBC World Service English will be streamed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week on digital radio in the […]
Feb 4 2019
Ofcom: Revisions to Digital Radio Technical Codes
Ofcom requires the UK’s DAB digital radio broadcasters to comply with certain technical rules which establish a common minimum set of technical standards for the way that DAB signals are transmitted. We are proposing to revise some aspects of these technical rules, to ensure they remain appropriate and proportionate. The main aim of these rules […]
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By Expat • DAB • • Tags: ACI/Blocking, DAB, DAB+ audio encoding