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Last update: 08.06.2023 - older versions

In September 2020, it was announced that all DAB+ broadcasts in Hungary would be ceased, after a period of 12 years since the launch of the first broadcasts.

On 1st October 2021, a local multiplex was broadcast for one month with 10W ERP, to investigate the possibilities of small scale DAB+ multiplexes. It included four channels, all broadcasting the same content, but with different bitrate and FEC.

Hungary's National Media and Communications Authority (NMHH) has stated that they will be reviewing the situation and may potentially reconsider DAB+ radio in the future.

Last update: 11.09.2020 - older versions

Before DAB+ broadcasts were ceased, DAB+ population coverage was nearly 30%.

Last update: 29.09.2014 - older versions

In this country there is

National multiplex: 1 Trial

on air.

Antenna Hungária has operated the multiplex since December 2008. There are currently seven test programmes on air. The name of the test programs are Kossuth, Petőfi, Bartók, Magyar Katolikus Rádió, Klubrádió, Lánchíd Rádió and Inforádió.

Further information can be found on the Antenna Hungária website.

Last update: 29.09.2014

Receiver manufacture Denison launched a DAB+ receiver in 2014 which allows users ro receive digital radio in their car via a standard USB connection. DAB/DAB+ stations appear on the device as virtual mp3 files, therefore enabling easy operation and wide compatibility.

Last update: 18.08.2015 - older versions

DAB+ enabled receivers are available throughout Hungary through retailers.

Last update: 08.06.2023 - older versions

Antenna Hungária implemented the first phase of the digital terrestrial radio network by December 2008 and started the test DAB+ transmission on three transmitters in Budapest, on channel 11D,and reaching approximately 30% of the Hungarian population.

Pursuant to the contract concluded with the former National Communications Authority (National Media and Infocommunications Authority) Antenna Hungária had constructed the first phase of its digital terrestrial radio network. Thereafter the Company started experimental broadcasting on its DAB+ digital terrestrial radio network, which is received since 23 January 2009 in and around Budapest.

Trial services on air included Magyar Rádió Kossuth, Petőfi and Bartók (the three channels of Swiss Satellite Radio could still be heard then). The experimental broadcast was supplemented in mid-February 2009 by adding Sláger Rádió and Magyar Katolikus Rádió (Hungarian Catholic Radio), in April (together with two channels ceased to be broadcast until that time) Klubrádió as well as Danubius Radio and Juventus Rádió (which is not transmitted from January 3, 2011) in October raising then the number of channels to thirteen, providing listeners with a broader variety of programs.

From 19 November 2009, Sláger Rádió and Danubius Rádió were cancelled from the list after terminating the nationwide broadcast of their programs. However, the program of Lánchíd Rádió and Inforádió were put on the DAB+ radio system on 19 November 2009 and 17 February 2010.

On 1st October 2021, a local multiplex was set up for one month for testing purposes with 10W ERP. It included four channels, all broadcasting the same content, but with different bitrate and FEC. The aim of the test was to investigate the possibilities of small scale DAB+ multiplexes, which should provide more information necessary for the transition to DAB+ in the future.

Last update: 11.09.2020 - older versions

In September 2020, it was announced that all DAB+ broadcasts in Hungary would be ceased, after a period of 12 years since the launch of the first broadcasts.

Hungary's National Media and Communications Authority (NMHH) has nonetheless stated that they will be reviewing the situation and may potentially reconsider DAB+ radio in the future.

Frequency agreement signed for the expansion of DAB+ digital radio in eastern Europe

30.06.2023 - Austria - Hungary - Slovenia - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Croatia - Serbia - Romania

On 12 and 13 June, the final meeting of a working group of media regulatory and frequency planning institutions from seven countries in eastern Europe took place at the Hungarian media regulatory authority NMHH in Budapest with the ceremonial signing of an agreement on the use of DAB+ frequencies in the joint frequency planning area. Austria, Hungary, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia and Romania participated in the working group. The working agreement now concluded enables the administrations to tender for new or additional DAB+ multiplex coverage by agreeing on technical reference parameters for future DAB+ transmitter stations.

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DAB+ trial broadcast in Budapest

06.10.2021 - Hungary

A DAB+ trial has launched for the month of October only in the Budapest area. Media1.hu spoke with Róbert Karakas who confirmed that the trial is independent of the state-owned Antenna Hungária, and aims to gain subjective experience of sound quality. The services are broadcast from the Széchenyi-hegy transmission tower with a power of 10 watts, which provides indoor reception in Buda, and the package containing four music broadcasts (mux) is also available outdoors in Pest and in some parts of the agglomeration.

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High interest in first WorldDAB seminar on DAB+ network implementation

30.05.2019 -

- Hungary

Delegates from across the Central and Eastern European Region attended the WorldDAB Spectrum and Network Implementation Committee’s first seminar on ‘Best practice for implementation of DAB+ SFN networks’. DAB+ network operators from Germany, UK, Norway and Poland shared their key learnings from their deployment of DAB+ Single Frequency Networks.

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DAB+ on the agenda at MBT conference in Budapest

01.05.2019 - Hungary

WorldDAB president Patrick Hannon will be taking the stage as part of the “Terrestrial Challenges” session on Thursday May 23, where he will give an overview of the development and rollout of DAB+ digital radio across Europe, with case studies and lessons learned from various countries across Europe. This year’s MBT conference will also be marked by the first seminar organised by the WorldDAB Spectrum and Network Implementation Committee (SNIC), which will be held at 2pm on Wednesday May 22.

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EBU calls for DAB+ on all radios

05.02.2018 - Hungary

The European Broadcasting Union has issued a statement jointly with the European Digital Radio Association and WorldDAB, asking European decision-makers to complement the Electronic Communications Code to promote the compatibility of radio equipment with digital broadcasting modes. The three organisations recommend that all receivers sold on the European Union have FM and DAB receivables, and if this is not possible, at least the manufacturers of car headphones are obliged to do so.

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International Conference: Approaches to the digitisation of audio broadcasting in V4 countries (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia)

26.02.2015 - Slovakia - Czechia - Hungary - Poland

After a successful transition from analogue to digital terrestrial TV broadcasting in the whole of Central Europe, a similar process in audio broadcasting is expected in near future, with the aim to co-ordinate this process within the Visgrad Four (V4) countries.

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Digital radio in the car via USB

17.02.2014 - Hungary

The company Dension has launched the DAB+ U (DBU1GEN) model which allows users to receive digital radio in the car via a standard USB connection. According to the manufacturer, the DAB, DAB+ and DMB-R stations will appear on the device as virtual mp3 files, thereby enabling easy operation and wide compatibility. The recommended retail price is € 179,90.

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Registration open for the DAB+ Hungary Workshop, 28 January

09.01.2014 -

- Hungary

A one day workshop on DAB+ digital radio, co-organised by the National Media and Infocommunications Authority Hungary and WorldDMB will provide a unique opportunity to hear about the latest developments in Europe and World-wide on the growth of the DAB+ digital radio standard.

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Digital terrestrial radio will be relaunched in Hungary - Antenna Hungária contracted for the DAB+ transmission of NeoFM program

16.05.2011 - Hungary

The DAB+ service will be relaunched in Hungary thanks to the long-term commercial contract between Antenna Hungária Group and FM1 Zrt. Based on this landmark agreement, NeoFM, the nationwide commercial radio channel will appear on the digital terrestrial radio platform as of June 1, 2011.

DIGIDIA wins head-end system contract for DAB+ in Hungary

06.03.2009 - DIGIDIA WorldDAB Member - Hungary

DIGIDIA announced today that the company has been awarded by Antenna Hungária a contract for the delivery and the installation of a complete DAB+ head-end system