[BC] Australia Adopts DAB+

[Goran Tomas]

 From http://www.radioworld.com/pages/s.0138/t.3349.html
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Australia Adopts DAB+

Commercial radio broadcasters in Australia announced plans to adopt 
the DAB+ standard for digital radio.

DAB+ is <http://www.worlddab.org/>Eureka-147 DAB using the MPEG-4 
HE-AAC additional audio coding officially approved by the European 
Telecommunications Standards Institute (<http://www.etsi.org/>ETSI) 
in February.

"We have been very active in supporting the international development 
of DAB+ because it means Australia will be able to adopt the latest, 
most spectrum efficient technology in the world for the roll out of 
our digital radio services," stated 
<http://www.commercialradio.com.au/>Commercial Radio Australia CEO Joan Warner.

Warner said commercial broadcasters would work with the Australian 
Broadcasting Corp. and SBS Radio to test the DAB+ standard in 
Australia to ensure there are no transmission or other technical problems.

The Australian government is drafting digital radio legislation and 
has set a launch date of 1 January 2009 for the launch of digital 
radio services in Sydney, New South Wales; Melbourne, Victoria; 
Brisbane, Queensland; Adelaide, South Australia; Perth, Western 
Australia; and Hobart, Tasmania. The commercial radio industry is 
planning for a phased rollout of digital across the rest of the 
country to follow.


Regards,
Goran Tomas