Bulgaria - Current situation - History

18.05.2017

There are ongoing consultations within the radio industry in Bulgaria about possible future deployment of DAB+.

ET DIP TREIDING has been awarded a trial license by the Communications Regulation Commission (CRC) to transmit DAB/DAB+ digital radio in the territory of Sofia. More information (see licensing protocol 17 and decision number 5 inside the document).

The Council for Electronic Media (CEM) together with the Communications Regulation Commission (CRC) held consultations with representatives of the Bulgarian National Radio (BNR), the Association of Bulgarian Broadcasters (ABRO) and FOCUS Radio in March 2017. The attitudes for future digital broadcasting in Bulgaria were discussed during the meeting.

The following links are from the meeting with the local radio groups and the regulator.

http://www.cem.bg/displaynewsbg/468
http://www.cem.bg/activitybg/1687
http://www.cem.bg/infobg/270

The public discussion procedure for digital radio is available at http://www.crc.bg/section.php?id=2192.