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DIGITAL RADIO GUIDE TERRESTRIAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS - DAB
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the DAB networks. Both started simulcasting their FM stations utilising 25 percent
respectively on the national and the two regional networks. DR continues
broadcasting in the remaining 75 percent of both networks.
(4) France
Public broadcaster, Radio France, serves an area covering Paris, Marseille,
Toulouse and Nantes, broadcasting six stations in each of its service areas.
(5) Germany
Germany is among the leading European proponents of DAB Digital Radio with a
large local and regional network. Current figures put coverage in Germany at 78
per cent of the population, rising to 85 per cent by the end of 2005. Germany is the
primary DAB digital radio country in mainland Europe boasting some 120 radio
stations, both public and commercial, on a variety of state-wide as well as local
digital multiplexes. As far as data services are concerned, Germany is at the fore.
The focus lies on news and traffic information, using text and pictures. In March
2005, BLM, the Bavarian Media Authority, launched a pilot project called Digital
Advanced Broadcasting that will aim to use DAB to broadcast radio and video
content, as well as data services, to new portable receives. The pilot will take
place in Regensburg and is expected to last for two years with the aim to work
towards comprehensive coverage of FIFA World Cup 2006 via mobile
entertainment devices.
(6) Italy
Current population coverage in Italy stands at approximately 45% for commercial
operators and 20% for national public operators. There is a scarcity of Band III
spectrum and its use and management for digital and /or analogue TV is yet to be
fully solved. This has caused delay in the roll-out of DAB in Italy.
Italy has been broadcasting DAB Digital Radio since 1995 when public broadcaster
RAI began simulcasting its existing services. In 1998, eight commercial analogue
operators formed a consortium called Club DAB Italia in order to simulcast their
own stations on their own digital multiplex.
Currently nine national commercial stations are broadcast by the Club DAB Italia
consortium in the Milan area and vast adjacent areas and in Rome and adjacent
areas, for about 30 percent of population coverage. Also, five national public
services are simulcast on a multiplex reaching less than 20 per cent population
coverage.
(7) Singapore
Regular DAB Digital Radio services in Singapore were launched on 19th
November 1999. The MediaCorp Radio Singapore Pte Ltd dubbed their multiplex
SmartRadio. SmartRadio carries 14 radio services - six of which are available
exclusively on DAB radio and eight are simulcasts of the more popular FM stations.
In April 2005, Rediffusion, which is Singapore’s sole subscription radio broadcaster,