Norway - Current situation - History
06.08.2015
Norway announced on 16 April 2015 that they will be the first country to close down national FM-transmissions and switch to DAB and digital radio in 2017. The switchover process starts in January 2017 and takes place over a 12-month period, conducting changes region by region. Switchover will affect all national radiostations and commercial local radiostations broadcasting in larger cities. Community-radio and smaller localradio-stations will continue to broadcast on FM for five more years after national switchdown.
The report leaves it to the broadcasters to choose between DAB or DAB+ transmissions. By 2017, all DAB broadcasting in Norway will most probably broadcast via DAB+.
According to the Digital Radio Survey for Q1 2014, conducted by TNS Gallup, 57% of Norweigans use digital radio on a daily basis. 20% of Norwegians have DAB in their car, up from 10% in 2013.
Download the Q1 2015 TNS Gallup Survey : http://radio.no/2015/05/57-prosent-bruker-digital-radio/
21.04.2015
Norway announced on 16 April 2015 that they will be the first country to close down FM and switchover to DAB digital radio in 2017. The switchover process will start in January 2017 and take place over a 12-month period. Norway was the first country in the world to switchover to digital TV in 2009. After 2017, small local stations may continue to broadcast on FM. The criteria for exactly which stations will have this opportunity will be specified by 2015. The report leaves it to the broadcasters to choose between DAB or DAB+ transmissions.
By 2017, all DAB broadcasting in Norway will most probably via DAB+.
According to the Digital Radio Survey for the period from October to December 2014 conducted by TNS Gallup, 53% of Norweigans use "digital radio", of that 36% use DAB. 20% of Norwegians have DAB in their car, up from 10% in 2013.
Download the December 2014 TNS Gallup Survey
17.04.2015
Norway announced that they will be the first country to close down FM and switchover to DAB digital radio in 2017. The switchover process will start in January 2017 and take place over a 12-month period. Norway was the first country in the world to switchover to digital TV in 2009. After 2017, small local stations may continue to broadcast on FM. The criteria for exactly which stations will have this opportunity will be specified by 2015. The report leaves it to the broadcasters to choose between DAB or DAB+ transmissions.
By 2017, all DAB broadcasting in Norway will most probably be in DAB+ format.
According to the Digital Radio Survey for the period from October to December 2014 conducted by TNS Gallup, 53% of Norweigans use "digital radio", of that 36% use DAB. 20% of Norwegians have DAB in their car, up from 10% in 2013.