Germany - Receiver Market - History
31.10.2012
Receiver manufacturers have made the commitment to release the right products into the market at all price points. All of the major manufacturers now have or will by Christmas 2012 DAB+ capable receivers in the market. The release, by broadcasters, of the ‘Proposed List of Services On-Air’ document ensuring that manufacturers have the correct functionality in their receivers for the market. Adding to this German digital radio industry has produced a set of ‘Receiver Specifications’ for manufacturers based on the WorldDMB Receiver Profiles. Bringing together broadcasters and receiver manufacturers this document outlines receiver specifications for products destined for the German market.
A full list of receivers available with DAB+ in Germany can be found at: http://digitalradio.de/index.php/de/digitalradios-geraeteIn Bavaria 7.7 percent of the Bavarian population (817 000 people over 10 years) have at least one digital radio receiver (home range: 7.1 percent, CAR: 2.9 percent).
Receiver manufacturers have made the commitment to release the right products into the market at all price points
The release, by broadcasters, of the ‘Proposed List of Services On-Air’ document based on the WorldDMB Reciever Profiles document is ensuring that manufacturers have the correct functionality in their receivers for the market. The German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi) Digital Radio Receiver working group (Digitalradio AG Endgeräte) has finalised a guidance document on visual services on digital radios and invites WorldDMB members to provide feedback.
Click here to download the guidance document. The intention of this document is to propose guidelines on how visual services should be implemented by broadcasters and how they should be processed/displayed on receivers with a focus on in-car reception in particular. Only the representation of visual information is covered within this document and specific functions are not covered. The information incorporated in this document is the result of mutual discussions in the device working group and also test results provided by participants of this group. This paper is intended to be used as guideline, it is not a specification. The following documents have also been shared with the group:
Proposed usage of text services on Digital Radios supporting DAB/DAB+/DMB-R
Contact Andreas Schneider, the Convenor of the German BMWi Digital Radio Receiver working group for more information.
17.10.2012
Receiver manufacturers have made the commitment to release the right products into the market at all price points. All of the major manufacturers now have or will by Christmas 2012 DAB+ capable receivers in the market. The release, by broadcasters, of the ‘Proposed List of Services On-Air’ document ensuring that manufacturers have the correct functionality in their receivers for the market. Adding to this German digital radio industry has produced a set of ‘Receiver Specifications’ for manufacturers based on the WorldDMB Receiver Profiles. Bringing together broadcasters and receiver manufacturers this document outlines receiver specifications for products destined for the German market.
A full list of receivers available with DAB+ in Germany can be found at: http://digitalradio.de/index.php/de/digitalradios-geraeteIn Bavaria 7.7 percent of the Bavarian population (817 000 people over 10 years) have at least one digital radio receiver (home range: 7.1 percent, CAR: 2.9 percent).
24.07.2012
Receiver manufacturers have made the commitment to release the right products into the market at all price points
The release, by broadcasters, of the ‘Proposed List of Services On-Air’ document based on the WorldDMB Reciever Profiles document is ensuring that manufacturers have the correct functionality in their receivers for the market.
The German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi) Digital Radio Receiver working group (Digitalradio AG Endgeräte) has finalised a guidance document on visual services on digital radios and invites WorldDMB members to provide feedback.
Click here to download the guidance document. The intention of this document is to propose guidelines on how visual services should be implemented by broadcasters and how they should be processed/displayed on receivers with a focus on in-car reception in particular. Only the representation of visual information is covered within this document and specific functions are not covered. The information incorporated in this document is the result of mutual discussions in the device working group and also test results provided by participants of this group.
This paper is intended to be used as guideline, it is not a specification.
The following documents have also been shared with the group:
Proposed usage of text services on Digital Radios supporting DAB/DAB+/DMB-R
Contact Andreas Schneider, the Convenor of the German BMWi Digital Radio Receiver working group for more information.