Australia - Current situation - History
03.09.2008
The Australian Government passed legislation on 10th May 2007 to enable the launch of digital radio in Australia. The legislation enables incumbent commercial, national and wide-coverage community radio broadcasters to provide digital radio services on DAB+. However there is a "use it or lose it" start up deadline which requires broadcasters to launch at some point between January and July 2009.
The Australian radio industry plans to implement digital radio using the DAB+ standard. This may be supplemented by the use of DRM in rural and regional areas in the future and the Australian commercial radio industry has pledged to invest up to $400 million over the coming years to roll out digital radio across the country.
Key tenders for the infrastructure build (site access, transmitters, multiplexers, system integration, project management) were awarded in mid-2008.
17.07.2008
The Australian Government passed legislation on 10th May 2007 to enable the launch of digital radio in Australia. The legislation enables incumbent commercial, national and wide-coverage community radio broadcasters to provide digital radio services on DAB+. However there is a "use it or lose it" start up deadline which requires broadcasters to launch at some point between January and July 2009.
The Australian radio industry plans to implement digital radio using the DAB+ standard. This may be supplemented by the use of DRM in rural and regional areas in the future and the Australian commercial radio industry has pledged to invest up to $400 million over the coming years to roll out digital radio across the country.
Key tenders for the infrastructure build (site access, transmitters, multiplexers, system integration, project management) were awarded in mid-2008. And in recent months PURE Digital has established Australasian operations and announced three DAB+ upgradeable receivers.
09.07.2008
The Australian Government passed legislation on 10th May 2007 to enable the launch of digital radio in Australia. The legislation enables incumbent commercial, national and wide-coverage community radio broadcasters to provide digital radio services on DAB+. However there is a "use it or lose it" start up deadline which requires broadcasters to launch at some point between January and July 2009.
The Australianradio industry plans to implement digital radio using the DAB+ standard. This may be supplemented by the use of DRM in rural and regional areas in the future and the Australian commercial radio industry has pledged to invest up to $400 million over the coming years to roll out digital radio across the country.
Key tenders for the infrastructure build (site access, transmitters, multiplexers, system integration, project management) were awarded in mid-2008. And in recent months PURE Digital has established Australasian operations and announced three DAB+ upgradeable receivers.