Czechia - Current situation - History
04.07.2013
The telecommunication company Teleko, s.r.o. launched anew DAB radio transmitter in Liberec, Jablonec and Nisou andsurrounding areas on 19 December 2012. The transmitter‘Liberec – Proseč’ broadcasts on channel LL with a radiatedpower of 1 kW and broadcasts a mix of 15 DAB and DAB+programmes.
TELEKO operates one regular local DAB/DAB+ multiplex using L Band, which reaches 3.8 million inhabitants of the Czech Republic. The signal broadcasts in Prague and the surrounding area, in Příbram, Brno and the surrounding region and in the Moravia-Silesian region. 15 radio stations are being broadcast on the TELEKO multiplex. RTI CZ operates 52 radio transmitters in the FM band, predominantly in Western Bohemia. In 2011 RTI CZ obtained a license for Digital Radio DAB (L Band) in the Pilsenregion, Carlsbad region, South Bohemian region and inPrague city. They plan to start broadcasting in early 2013.
Czech Radio is considering launching a new digital channelfor children and teenagers. This station will be available on DAB and online. Band III frequencies are now free, and the Czech Telecommunications Office is currently looking at the future use of this band. It is expected that the Czech Telecommunication Office will launch a tender for this band.
From 1 March, the selection of digital audio broadcasting (DAB) was expanded to include new projects of Czech Radio. Owners of digital audio devices are now be able to listen to three new stations, two of which have been up until now limited to online broadcasting: Czech Radio – Radio Junior, Czech Radio Jazz and Czech Radio Plus.
The digital audio signal is currently available to approximately 50% of Czech inhabitants. Digital networks are powered by three operators which have obtained the appropriate permission from the Czech Telecommunication Office. Up to 15 stations are available to audiences in Prague, Brno and surrounding areas, Eastern Bohemia, around Příbram and also in the Plzeň, Liberec, Central Bohemian, Moravian-Silesian, České Budějovice and Karlovy Vary Regions. New transmitters are operating in the Ústí nad Labem Region and in Prague.
The Electoral Committee of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic, Czech Radio also introduced four key requirements for successful completion of the implementation of digital broadcasting:
- The government should announce a schedule for the development of terrestrial digital radio broadcasting including a specific deadline for the completion of the transfer from analog to digital broadcasting.
- Czech Radio should permanently obtain frequencies for digital broadcasting and should become, like Czech Television, the operator of its own public service multiplex.
- Digital TV broadcasting has proven that it would be appropriate to use a national body which would be able to efficiently coordinate the steps taken by all individual entities. Following this example, the parties involved should establish the National Association for Digital Audio Broadcasting (NA DAB) comprising - in addition to the representatives of Czech Radio - ministries and governmental offices, licence holders, car producers, operators, electronic appliance dealers, etc.
- The state has to motivate private operators. An amendment to the law on broadcasting could, for example, loosen the rules regarding the ownership of digital stations.
In addition to Czech Radio, other commercial entities also expressed their support of digital broadcasting during the seminar: Lagardére Active CR (holder of the first historical digital licence) and the dance music radio station, SeeJay Radio. A unilateral resolution in favour of DAB was also adopted by the Council for Radio and Television Broadcasting.
08.03.2013
The telecommunication company Teleko, s.r.o. launched anew DAB radio transmitter in Liberec, Jablonec and Nisou andsurrounding areas on 19 December 2012. The transmitter‘Liberec – Proseč’ broadcasts on channel LL with a radiatedpower of 1 kW and broadcasts a mix of 15 DAB and DAB+programmes.
TELEKO operates one regular local DAB/DAB+ multiplex using L Band, which reaches 3.8 million inhabitants of the Czech Republic. The signal broadcasts in Prague and the surrounding area, in Příbram, Brno and the surrounding region and in the Moravia-Silesian region. 15 radio stations are being broadcast on the TELEKO multiplex. RTI CZ operates 52 radio transmitters in the FM band, predominantly in Western Bohemia. In 2011 RTI CZ obtained a license for Digital Radio DAB (L Band) in the Pilsenregion, Carlsbad region, South Bohemian region and inPrague city. They plan to start broadcasting in early 2013.
Czech Radio is considering launching a new digital channelfor children and teenagers. This station will be available on DAB and online. Band III frequencies are now free, and the Czech Telecommunications Office is currently looking at the future use of this band. It is expected that the Czech Telecommunication Office will launch a tender for this band.
29.01.2013
The telecommunication company Teleko, s.r.o. launched anew DAB radio transmitter in Liberec, Jablonec and Nisou andsurrounding areas on 19 December 2012. The transmitter‘Liberec – Proseč’ broadcasts on channel LL with a radiatedpower of 1 kW and broadcasts a mix of 15 DAB and DAB+programmes.
TELEKO operates one regular local DAB/DAB+ multiplex using L Band, which reaches 3.8 million inhabitants of the Czech Republic. The signal broadcasts in Prague and the surrounding area, in Příbram, Brno and the surrounding region and in the Moravia-Silesian region. 15 radio stations are being broadcast on the TELEKO multiplex. RTI CZ operates 52 radio transmitters in the FM band, predominantly in Western Bohemia. In 2011 RTI CZ obtained a license for Digital Radio DAB (L Band) in the Pilsenregion, Carlsbad region, South Bohemian region and inPrague city. They plan to start broadcasting in early 2013.
Czech Radio is considering launching a new digital channelfor children and teenagers. This station will be available on DAB and online. Band III frequencies are now free, andthe Czech Telecommunications Office is currently lookingat the future use of this band. It is expected that the Czech Telecommunication Office will launch a tender for this band.