[cma-l] Germany switches to DAB+

[Two Lochs Radio]

I see Germany has now completed the next step in doing what I urged Ofcom 
and the BBC to do two years ago, and which they insisted was impossible. 
Germany previously abandoned its DAB-only roll-out as an outdated technology 
that was inadequate tot he task, and has now relaunched digital radio with 
DAB+ added in to the existing DAB system.

Ironically this is expected to be a useful new market for British DAB/DAB+ 
chip and set makers concerned by the year-on-year drop in UK DAB radio sales 
that is now in its thrid year in a row.

Alex


>From Radio-Info.com 4 August 2011:
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Germany turns on 27 DAB and DAB+ transmitters

This is a re-launch of an existing DAB platform that now includes DAB+ and 
covers as much as half the population of German, or about 40 million people. 
Frontier Silicon CEO Anthony Sethill predicts "this will have a significant 
impact on the rollout of digital radio across Europe", given the scale of 
the effort and the cooperation of public and commercial broadcasters.

The channels include 90elf ("Germany's football station"), which will use 
the sub-channels of the new digital platform to broadcast full-length soccer 
matches, offer in-game news updates, and even put news and scoring updates 
on the receiver's display. Other charter channels include Absolut Radio, 
Radio Bob, LoungeFM, NRJ, ERJ, Klassik Radio, Radio Horeb, Kiss FM, 
Deutschlandfunk, D-Radio Wissen and "Kultur." Public broadcaster Deutschland 
Radio did the buildout that adds DAB+.

http://www.radio-info.com/news/germany-turns-on-27-dab-and-dab-transmitters