Netherlands - Current situation - History
30.01.2013
NPO will extend coverage of its existing DAB mux from 70% to 95% over the coming years. From 1 December 2012 a new DAB+ (capable) network will be operational, which will carry nine DAB services. NPO plan to gradually migrate services to DAB+ by 1 September 2013.
NPO will extend the network with a further 14 transmitter sites by September 2015. By September 2017, the network will be further extended with an additional 24 transmitter sites, enabling good indoor reception in virtually all of the Netherlands
17.10.2012
NPO will extend its existing DAB-mux from 70% to 95% coverage in the coming years. In June 2012 NPO and KPN Broadcast, Dutch broadcast infrastructure operator, signed an agreement for the enhanced roll-out of a nationwide transmitter network for terrestrial digital radio.
The agreement is effective 1 December 2012 and will end 1 September 2023. A new DAB+ network will be built in three phases. The first phase will be operational as of 1 December, 2012 and entails the replacement and densification of the current main broadcasting network.
Depending on the success of T-DAB, by 1 September 2015, NPO will decide on the extension of the network with a further 14 transmitter sites. By September 2017, the network will be further extended with an additional 24 transmitter sites, enabling good indoor reception in virtually all of the Netherlands.
15.10.2012
NPO will extend its existing DAB-mux from 70% to 95% coverage in the coming years . In June 2012 NPO and KPN Broadcast, Dutch broadcast infrastructure operator, signed an agreement for the enhanced roll-out of a nationwide transmitter network for terrestrial digital radio .
The agreement is effective 1 December 2012 and will end 1 September 2023 .A new DAB+ network will be built in three phases . The first phase will be operational as of 1 December, 2012 and entails the replacement and densification of the current main broadcasting network .
Depending on the success of T-DAB, by 1 September 2015, NPO will decide on the extension of the network with a further 14 transmitter sites . By September 2017, the network will be further extended with an additional 24 transmitter sites, enabling good indoor reception in virtually all of the Netherlands