Digital Radio Going National
http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Communication/Industry/?article=/Com
munication/Industry/News/B9L2L5X5
Rob Gillam - Tuesday, 28 February 2006
Work on the roll-out of a digital radio network for
national metropolitan centres including Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane,
Adelaide and Perth is underway, says Commercial Radio Australia.
The roll out will also encompass the key population centres of
Canberra, Hobart, Darwin, Newcastle, Geelong and Wollongong.
"We remain on track with the rollout of metropolitan digital radio
networks in two to three years time and remain extremely optimistic
about the potential of digital radio", said Commercial Radio Australia
CEO, Joan Warner.
The National roll out will be the biggest change in radio broadcasting
since FM in the 1970s. Its main advantages over analogue
transmission are far superior sound quality and reception and provision
of additional services.
Eleven digital radio stations have been trialing (and will continue to trial)
in a large part of Sydney since December 2003, including WS-FM,
Nova 969, 2GB, 2UE, 2DayFM, 2KY, 2SM, ABC Classic FM, ABC dig
internet radio and SBS.
Coverage reports on the roll out aim to achieve at least 95 percent
population coverage for digital radio in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane,
Adelaide and Perth, as well as the key population centres of Canberra,
Hobart, Darwin, Newcastle, Geelong and Wollongong. A study for the
Gold Coast licence area will be completed by April 2006.
"The industry is keen to "future proof" the technology platform and at
the request of Federal Communications Minister, Helen Coonan, has
taken a lead role in investigating Advanced Audio Coding (AAC/AAC+),
a new compression technology for use with Eureka 147 that will allow
more efficient use of public spectrum. If adopted, the new standards
would enable the industry to broadcast more and better quality
services, such as multilayering and images, using less bandwidth,"
continued Joan Warner.
Early adopters of digital radio receivers will be disappointed to learn
current models will not comply with the AAC standards.
"The growing popularity of mp3 players, radio pod casts and digital
music downloads to personal computers and mobile phones shows that
listeners are ready to embrace change in the way they experience
entertainment. We're at the start of this new era, and digital radio will
position radio as a key player in the future media environment," she
said.
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