Country Information for DAB, DAB+ and DMB - Portugal
| Current situation | Coverage | Services on Air |
Current situation
in Portugal
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Last update: 16-08-2010
- older versions
| Population: | 10.9 million |
Coverage: | |
| Services: | 6 DAB |
RDP, Portugal's public broadcaster, has been on air with DAB since January 1998. Six stations broadcast to 75% of the population. Transmitters are located in mainland Portugal, the Azores and Madeira and cover the district capitals, the coastline of the country, the main routes and part of the Madeira and the Azores.
Expansion of the network awaits a decision by the Portuguese government. It is likely that future roll out will use DAB+ or DMB.
Coverage
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Last update: 16-08-2010
- older versions
There are 42 transmitters in use, 27 in the mainland, nine in Azores and six in Madeira, covering more than 75% of the population.
Services on Air
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Last update: 24-01-2008
In this country there is
- National multiplex: 1 Regular
The national multiplex is operated on channel 12B and carries programmes from RDP, among them Antena 1, Antena 2 and Antena 3, RDP Africa and RDP Internacional.
One channel is a test transmission of the classical music programme, Antena 2, at the reduced bit rate of 192 kbits/s. It is planned that the multiplex will carry 6 programmes – 3 of them from RDP (Antena 1, Antena 2 and Antena 3) and 3 other programmes.
| Simulcast on AM / FM | Exclusive on digital | Total of services | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAB programmes | 6 | 0 | 6 |

