South Africa - Details of Trials - History
28.06.2018
20 radio services from the Public, Commercial and Community Broadcasting sectors are participating in the trial. Phase 1 of the initial trial license period focused on network verification processes and this has now been completed. The 2nd phase which focused on audio and data testing has been completed. The new license phase focuses on closed listener group tests and further audio processing and data testing. The public broadcaster the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) applied for this new trial license on behalf of all the other radio broadcasters. South Africa is the first country in the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) to carry out DAB+ trials.
The trial consists of two high power transmitting stations (10kw transmitter power) 100kw ERP situated in Johannesburg and Pretoria in the province of Gauteng. The trial operates as a SFN in VHF band III on Channel 13F on a frequency of 239.200MHz. Coverage verification at transmitter powers of 2kw, 5kw, and 10kw has been concluded. Extensive testing of vertical polarisation versus horizontal is currently underway. The total area covered by the trial is 21185 km2 and the total gross population covered is 10 705 387 (21.5% of total SA population).
It is envisaged that 20 stereo radio channels from the public, commercial and community sectors participate. Not all the broadcasters will be from the Gauteng Province and a third of the mux is reserved for community broadcasters.
Mobile TV PTY was awarded a conditional subscription based commercial license by ICASA provided that they
submit additional information to ICASA within a stipulated 3 month period. Commercial spectrum for DMB is not currently available until after the TV digital migration process has been completed.
13.04.2018
20 radio services from the Public, Commercial and Community Broadcasting sectors are participating in the trial. Phase 1 of the initial trial license period focused on network verification processes and this has now been completed. The 2nd phase which focused on audio and data testing has been completed. The new license phase focuses on closed listener group tests and further audio processing and data testing. The public broadcaster the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) applied for this new trial license on behalf of all the other radio broadcasters. South Africa is the first country in the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) to carry out DAB+ trials.
The trial consists of two high power transmitting stations (10kw transmitter power) 100kw ERP situated in Johannesburg and Pretoria in the province of Gauteng. The trial operates as a SFN in VHF band III on Channel 13F on a frequency of 239.200MHz. The total area covered by the trial is 21185 km2 and the total gross population covered is 10 705 387 (21.5% of total SA population).
18 stereo radio channels allowing 40 radio services from the public, commercial and community sectors participate. These 40 radio services have been rotated to give each broadcaster a chance to trial. Not all the broadcasters will be from the Gauteng Province and a third of the mux is reserved for community broadcasters.
Mobile TV PTY was awarded a conditional subscription based commercial license by ICASA provided that they
submit additional information to ICASA within a stipulated 3 month period. Commercial spectrum for DMB is not currently available until after the TV digital migration process has been completed.
26.01.2017
The South African DAB+ trial will consist of two high power transmitting stations (10kw transmitter power) 100kw ERP situated in Johannesburg and Pretoria in the province of Gauteng. The trial will operate as a SFN in VHF band III on Channel 13F on a frequency of 239.200MHz. This will happen after coverage verification at transmitter powers of 2kw, 5kw, and 10kw. The total area covered by the trial is 21185 km2 and the total gross population covered is 10 705 387 (21.5% of total SA population).
It is envisaged that 18 stereo radio channels allowing 40 radio services from the Public, Commercial and Community sectors will participate. These 40 radio services will be rotated to give each broadcaster a chance to trial. Not all the broadcasters will be from the Gauteng Province and a third of the mux is reserved for community broadcasters.
Mobile TV PTY has been awarded a conditional subscription based commercial license by ICASA provided that they
submit additional information to ICASA within a stipulated 3 month period. Commercial spectrum for DMB is not currently available until after the TV digital migration process has been completed.