Ireland - Details of Trials - History

01.10.2013

Two trials are operating under annual trial licence from the Commission for Communications Regulation. They are operated by dB Digital Broadcasting and Total Broadcast.

dB Digital Broadcasting’s trial offers six stations in both DAB and DAB+ and currently broadcasts to Ireland’s two main cities, Dublin and Cork. Each service displays dynamically updated DLS on DAB and full dynamically updated Slideshow service on DAB+. The trial also carries the UK based station Amazing Radio, making them the first UK radio service to broadcast terrestrially in Ireland.

Total Broadcast’s trial offers a mix of DAB and DAB+ simulcasts from Irish based FM stations. They operate a SFN across the South-East covering the city of Waterford.

03.07.2013

One trial multiplex operated under a wireless trial licence came on air in April 2010 on channel 9B to perform tests from sites in Waterford City and a high site in the Blackstairs Mountains, providing coverage in Co. Wexford, Co. Carlow, Co. Kilkenny and East Co. Waterford. At present there are six DAB+ services and six standard DAB services live on this ensemble 4fm, 160kbit/s Stereo.

On 1 July 2012 an additional trial multiplex went live from three sites (Dublin, Cork and Limerick) operated by Digital Broadcasting Ltd.