Good to hear lots of positivity around DAB from within the industry. At last weeks Digital Radio Conference in Belfast, the consensus was that the road to DAB will be a long run and a hard journey, but it is most definitely the way to go. As previously reported the EBU are now to lobby the EU to establish DAB as the main broadcasting platform for the future.
Another positive update also today on DAB progress worldwide from WorldDMB which reads as follows;
While traditional radio listening is threatened by new …

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The argument of DAB v’s DAB+ is over.WorldDMB Receiver Profiles agreed last year by regulators, broadcasters and manufacturers mean all future digital radio receivers will be able to hear DAB and DAB+ and DMB.
The first of these has been launched by the No.1 supplier of DAB chips, Frontier Silicon, who supply mass production DAB chips to the most popular manufacturers including Pure, Revo, Roberts, Sony and many more.
This means, in the very near future, radios sold in Ireland will be compatible with DAB and DAB+. This is an important …