Traditional radio services in the U.S. are entering a new era of digital audio broadcasting (DAB). Development efforts have been under way for over five years. Now, using the S-band frequency spectrum ...

MUNICH, Germany — At the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin, Fraunhofer IIS demonstrates a method to transmit 5.1 surround sound across DAB radio channels. The technology is compatible with ...

SHANGHAI, China — Hoping to make further inroads with Chinese OEMs, Frontier Silicon Ltd. and SigmaTel Inc. are linking up to offer a combined digital audio broadcasting, FM and MP3 player platform ...

The author writes on radio from Stockholm. In “DAB Advocates Celebrated Growth in 2020” and “Assembly Highlights Advances for WorldDAB,” WorldDAB President Patrick Hannon claimed that 2020 was a good ...

Ofcom has announced the award of the new digital audio broadcasting national radio multiplex licence is to go to 4 Digital Group Limited. The 12-year licence will allow the broadcast of a number of ...

The annual WorldDAB General Assembly took place in cyberspace in November. Approximately 300 people joined to hear 35 speakers describe the state of DAB+ digital audio broadcasting around the planet.

It’s commonly agreed that the future of broadcast radio lies in the eventual replacement of AM and FM analogue transmissions with digital services. A wide range of technologies exist to service this ...

of test broadcasting. Sweden’s Minister for Culture, Leif Pagrotsky, said in a statement that the switch to DAB instead of FM will be too expensive, and that it’s difficult to see the real benefit.

The BBC has launched two new national radio transmitters bringing digital audio broadcasting (DAB) services to listeners in parts of Worcestershire and Lancashire. A new transmitter at St Ann's Well ...

UK communications infrastructure and media services provider Arqiva has welcomed the government’s decision to allow regulator Ofcom to renew two essential national commercial digital radio multiplex ...