Germany - Current situation - History
17.10.2012
On the 1st of August 2011 Germany launched broadcast digital radio services on a nationwide network using the DAB+ standard. Fourteen new stations from a football to rock, pop, classical, talk and Christian radio can now be heard across Germany. Both public and private stations are available on the nationwide network.
The German Digital Radio project office (Deutchsland Digital Radio) was created to co-ordinate the efforts of all stakeholders; the stations on the national multiplex, the regional public broadcasters (ARD) and Deutschland Radio (the national public station). Five Working Groups were created to guide all areas of digital radio development and rollout. Areas covered include: Networks, Products, Marketing and Advertising, Traffic & Travel and Automotive.
The network operator, Media Broadcast, has 27 transmitters on-air in the first stage covering all major cities and autobahns (motorways) and plans for coverage of up to 99% in some areas are due by 2014.
Alongside the national network funding was also given to the regional public broadcasters in each of the Bundeslander in Germany to launch digital radio on DAB+. To date each Bunderslander has now started to roll out networks or to allocate licenses to broadcasters for services on networks.
A marketing campaign in all media is being undertaken by broadcasters, manufacturers and retailers. This has been launched to inform the public and retail staff working in high street shops about the advantages of purchasing a digital radio. A digital radio education day was undertaken in January 2012 to inform retailers of the benefits of digital radio further initiatives are planned throughout the year.
Germany’s public service financing committee, the KEF, provided funding to facilitate the roll out of national DAB+ digital radio in Germany. The funds, which allowed public broadcaster Deutschland Radio, to build out a national digital radio network using DAB+ technology, were made available for the industry by the KEF.
It was announced in mid-2012 that 200,000 listeners tune into digital radio (DAB+) on at least one digital radio channel per day on an average weekday in the region of Bavaria. This was part of research carried out on The Bavarian regulator Bayerische Landeszentrale für neue Medien (BLM) which gave a detailed analysis of digital radio services in Bavaria in its annual research programme Funkanalyse Bayern 2012 in cooperation with the Bavarian and national DAB providers. Further research is planned for 2013.
19.06.2012
On the 1st of August 2011 Germany launched broadcast digital radio services on a nationwide network using the DAB+ standard. Fourteen new stations from a football to rock, pop, classical, talk and Christian radio can now be heard across Germany. Both public and private stations are available on the nationwide network. It is hoped that due to the popularity of the services over the last six months a further nationwide network will be launched to include more commercial stations.
The German Digital Radio project office (Deutchsland Digital Radio) was created to co-ordinate the efforts of all stakeholders; the stations on the national multiplex, the regional public broadcasters (ARD) and Deutschland Radio (the national public station). Five Working Groups were created to guide all areas of digital radio development and rollout . Areas covered include: Networks, Products, Marketing and Advertising, Traffic & Travel and Automotive.
The network operator, Media Broadcast, has 27 transmitters on-air in the first stage covering all major cities and autobahns (motorways) and plans for coverage of up to 99% in some areas are due by 2014.
Alongside the national network funding was also given to the regional public broadcasters in each of the Bundeslander in Germany to launch digital radio on DAB+. To date each Bunderslander has now started to roll out networks or to allocate licenses to broadcasters for services on networks.
An extensive marketing campaign in all media is being undertaken by broadcasters, manufacturers and retailers. This has been launched to inform the public and retail staff working in high street shops about the advantages of purchasing a digital radio. A digital radio education day was undertaken in January 2012 to inform retailers of the benefits of digital radio further initiatives are planned throughout the year.
Germany’s public service financing committee, the KEF, provided funding to facilitate the roll out of national DAB+ digital radio in Germany. The funds, which allowed public broadcaster Deutschland Radio, to build out a national digital radio network using DAB+ technology, were made available for the industry by the KEF.
01.02.2012
On the 1st of August 2011 Germany launched broadcast digital radio services on a nationwide network using the DAB+ standard. Fourteen new stations from a football to rock, pop, classical, talk and Christian radio can now be heard across Germany. Both public and private stations are available on the nationwide network. It is hoped that due to the popularity of the services over the last six months a further nationwide network will be launched to include more commercial stations.
The German Digital Radio project office (Deutchsland Digital Radio) was created to co-ordinate the efforts of all stakeholders; the stations on the national multiplex, the regional public broadcasters (ARD) and Deutschland Radio (the national public station). Five Working Groups were created to guide all areas of digital radio development and rollout . Areas covered include: Networks, Products, Marketing and Advertising, Traffic & Travel and Automotive.
The network operator, Media Broadcast, has 27 transmitters on-air in the first stage covering all major cities and autobahns (motorways) and plans for coverage of up to 99% in some areas are due by 2014.
Alongside the national network funding was also given to the regional public broadcasters in each of the Bundeslander in Germany to launch digital radio on DAB+. To date each Bunderslander has now started to roll out networks or to allocate licenses to broadcasters for services on networks.
An extensive marketing campaign in all media is being undertaken by broadcasters, manufacturers and retailers. This has been launched to inform the public and retail staff working in high street shops about the advantages of purchasing a digital radio. A digital radio education day was undertaken in January 2012 to inform retailers of the benefits of digital radio further initatives are planned throughout the year.
Germany’s public service financing committee, the KEF, provided funding to facilitate the roll out of national DAB+ digital radio in Germany. The funds, which allowed public broadcaster Deutschland Radio, to build out a national digital radio network using DAB+ technology, were made available for the industry by the KEF.