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UK: Terms for new SSDAB radio multiplexes agreed
13.10.2018 - United Kingdom![United Kingdom United Kingdom](/assets/flags/gb-1674fbf6dc097793ed59ab21f9925986.gif)
Ofcom will be creating a new category of licence for community radio stations – the C-DSP, (Community – Digital Sound Programme) which will help them go live on a SSDAB multiplex. Companies who win an SSDAB licence in the upcoming rounds will have to make a certain proportion of capacity available to C-DSP licence holders.
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New framework for small-scale DAB announced
13.10.2018 - United Kingdom![United Kingdom United Kingdom](/assets/flags/gb-1674fbf6dc097793ed59ab21f9925986.gif)
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media, Sport (DCMS) has announced that there will be a new category of small-scale DAB multiplex licence for community radio stations - the C-DSP (Community - Digital Sound Programme) licence - this will work on the same non-commercial terms as a community radio station's FM licence.
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Small scale DAB licensing consultation outcomes published
13.10.2018 - United Kingdom![United Kingdom United Kingdom](/assets/flags/gb-1674fbf6dc097793ed59ab21f9925986.gif)
Overall there was strong support from respondents for the government’s proposals for allowing Ofcom to reserve capacity on small scale multiplexes to guarantee access for community radio stations, creating a new C-DSP category of digital sound programme licence for community stations broadcasting on digital, and allowing both commercial and not for profit entities to hold a small scale multiplex licence. The government now intends to move forward with specific proposals as set out in the response document and develop the detailed secondary legislation.
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Government removes barriers to radio stations going digital
13.10.2018 - Digital Radio UK - United Kingdom![United Kingdom United Kingdom](/assets/flags/gb-1674fbf6dc097793ed59ab21f9925986.gif)
In new measures announced today, the Government will make it easier for smaller community and commercial radio stations to broadcast on small scale digital radio multiplexes. With more than 50% of all radio listening in the UK now on digital, the new lighter touch licensing regime means these small stations won’t be left behind by the growing shift from FM and AM to digital radio and will give more choice to millions of radio listeners across the UK.
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UK Government removes barriers to radio stations going digital
13.10.2018 - United Kingdom![United Kingdom United Kingdom](/assets/flags/gb-1674fbf6dc097793ed59ab21f9925986.gif)
In new measures announced today, the Government will make it easier for smaller community and commercial radio stations to broadcast on small scale digital radio multiplexes. With more than 50% of all radio listening in the UK now on digital, the new lighter touch licensing regime means these small stations won’t be left behind by the growing shift from FM and AM to digital radio and will give more choice to millions of radio listeners across the UK.
(UK Department of Culture, Media and Sport) Read more
Voice of Vietnam Radio organises DAB+ workshop
12.10.2018 - Vietnam![Vietnam Vietnam](/assets/flags/vn-74012fd7c5d380d689537f88bc3124b0.gif)
Government representatives joined the broadcasting sector of Vietnam to learn more about DAB+ international progress, the latest technical developments, and how DAB+ can be further developed in Vietnam. Hosted by public broadcaster the Voice of Vietnam (VoV) in Hanoi this week, more than 30 high-level delegates were in attendance, including VoV President Nguyễn Thế Kỷ.
(Baomoi) Read more
New DAB+ receiver launched in South Tyrol
12.10.2018 - Italy![Italy Italy](/assets/flags/it-ed6e2b1f4508b8d75c63827fa7d8d0bd.gif)
In the southern Tyrolean village of Pfelders (Plan) in northern Italy, a new DAB+ digital radio transceiver has been launched, broadcasting more German-speaking programmes across the region.
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Swedish broadcaster NENT to begin DAB+ broadcasts in 2019
11.10.2018 - Sweden![Sweden Sweden](/assets/flags/se-d61ffaa3c414cecc50f451920f7466b2.gif)
Swedish broadcaster NENT has announced to the country's Press, Radio and TV Authority that it will begin DAB+ broadcasts from 1 January. A total of 15 radio stations will begin sending January 1 next year. According to the terms of delivery, valid until 20 September 2022, 35 percent of the population will be reached by 1 April 2019 and one year later 50 percent will be reached.
(Radionytt) Read more
French broadcaster NRJ says yes to DAB+
11.10.2018 - France![France France](/assets/flags/fr-e71e32e8eecca7dcd3095a828e41bf83.gif)
After filing for digital radio calls in Bordeaux, Toulouse and Arcachon, the NRJ group has confirmed its desire to embark on DAB+.
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DAB+ broadcasts to begin in Sweden in 2019
11.10.2018 - Sweden![Sweden Sweden](/assets/flags/se-d61ffaa3c414cecc50f451920f7466b2.gif)
Fifteen radio stations will be available on DAB+ in Sweden from 1 January, with broadcasters DB Media AB, Kilohertz AB and Skärgårdsradion AB agreeing to begin broadcasts. According to the permit conditions, shipments will reach 35 percent of the most populous population already on April 1, 2019. Thereafter, coverage will increase incrementally and April 1, 2020, reach 50 percent of the population and 70 percent next year.
(MPRT) Read more