Digital Radio Update — May 4, 2016

Digital Radio Update is a sampler of recent news about digital radio in all its forms from Radio magazine and other sources. Topics include over-the-air terrestrial technologies, streaming, satellite and other new forms of “digital radio.” Mobile, Streaming, HD Radio and More Is It a Myth That Mobile Will Never Supplant OTA Radio? Can we assume that, if mobile networks have trouble in standard transmission modes, that an enormous increase in use for streaming would add to their troubles? More» Verizon Joins LTE-Broadcast Alliance eMBMS offers broadcasting capabilities. More» Podcasting Becomes Even More Important as Google Adds Support for Android Google launched its portal for podcasters back in October. More» Sponsored Links For 30 years, Valcom has designed, manufactured and supplied free-standing fibreglass, filament-wound AM Broadcasting Antennae (towers) in frequencies between 540 to 1700 KHz and heights ranging between 35 and 85 feet. For additional information, please contact us at enquiries@valcom-guelph.com or phone (519) 824-3220. Around the World DAB+ Transmitters Added in Italy and Germany Club DAB Italy had has turned on the first DAB+ mux for the Italian city of Cagliari and environs. In the German city of Cologne, the network operator Meda Broadcast turned on a new multiplex transmitter at Herscheid on April 28. More» Austria's DAB Test Period Extended ORF still refuses to participate. More» Sponsored Links More Digital. More Radio. AudioScience's ASI8921/ 8821-5500 series tuner cards offer the most digital radio capabilites: 4 or 8 tuners for analog FM, HD-Radio FM or DAB/DAB+. Record streams in PCM, MPEG-1 layer2 and MP3, while capturing all associated PAD data. MRX multi-rate recording allows each stream to be sampled at it's own rate. Need more digital radio? Add up to 8 cards in one system. For information, call AudioScience at +1-302-324-5333, goto www.audioscience.com or email us at salesasi@audioscience.com. Digris AG Facilitates More DAB+ Broadcasters in Switzerland Ten new cultural and thematic radio stations will be heard via DAB + around the Swiss city of Aaura. More» TNS Gallup Shows Increasing Usage of DAB in Norway Poll shows that 61% of listeners said they daily hear radio via digital radio equipment. More» Coinchon Appointed CTO of Swiss Public Broadcaster RTS New position is effective in August. More» Sponsored Links Visual Radio with ENCO DAD ENCO will unveil a complete Visual Radio solution powered by the DAD radio automation platform. A Visual Radio exhibit at the booth will demonstrate how to turn your station into a complete multimedia experience with automated camera switching, music video playout, advertisements, graphical overlays, and social media feeds. Learn how to seamlessly create and deliver broadcast quality video content with the most powerful and flexible radio automation system available. www.enco.com From Radio Magazine BLOG: Radio DNS at NAB Show The project director for UK-based hybrid radio organization provides updated insights in this Q&A. More» Read the April Issue Page through the digital edition here. More» Sponsored Links For more than 45 years, ESE has been meeting the Precision Time and Signal Distribution needs of the Broadcast Industry. Product families include GPS based Master Clocks, Audio & Video Distribution Amplifiers, Analog & Digital Displays, NTP Time Servers and Frequency Standards. For further product information please contact us at 310-322-2136.

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