[A-DX] Digital radio given green light in Germany

[Thomas Kamp <df5jl@xxxxxx>]

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Digital radio given green light in Germany

At a meeting on 25th March, the German Commission of broadcasting policies
(Rundfunkkommission), headed by Mr. Stadlmeier announced its decision by all
16 Lander to approve a nationwide multiplex able to transmit between 10 and
15 radio stations. Deutschland Radio, the national public radio broadcaster
of Germany, will have access to one third of the national digital network
capacity, and two thirds will be made available to private radio operators,
which allows them to broadcast national radio services for the first time.
The BNetzA, the frequency authority of Germany, now has the task of
assigning frequencies and choosing the network operator for the planned
large single frequency network. The national digital channels will be
supplemented by two or three multiplexes in each of the 16 regions to
provide regional and local radio from public service ARD stations and
private broadcasters. ARD stations in each region will also be allowed to
broadcast an additional digital only service to add to their five existing
programmes in each area. Between 30 and 40 digital radio stations will
become available in every region of Germany, offering a mix of local and
nationwide, private and public radio stations. Quentin Howard, President of
WorldDMB, said, "This decision is great news for digital radio in Germany
and for the whole of Europe. The largest countries in Europe - Germany,
France and the UK - have all committed to the same family of digital radio
standards, making it easier for other countries to follow suit. Digital
radios will become even cheaper and more readily available, and with new
models able to work in any country the barriers to a universal digital radio
system for the whole of Europe have been removed."DAB+ is an updated version
of DAB, used in Switzerland today and by Australia for their digital radio
services which launch later this summer. In addition to DAB+, German
broadcasters may continue with existing DAB services and could introduce DMB
at some future stage. New digital radios able to receive DAB, DAB+ and DMB
are in production now and will become available during 2009, in time for the
launch of Germany's new services.

(Source : EBU)

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