Digital radio trial runs through IBC

Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team Sep 9, 2005

RadioScape has supplied four digital radio multiplexes for use in a major trial of digital radio in the Netherlands, which will be showcased during IBC 2005 in the RAI Exhibition Centre, Amsterdam.

RadioScape has supplied four digital radio multiplexes for use in a major trial of digital radio in the Netherlands, which will be showcased during IBC 2005 in the RAI Exhibition Centre, Amsterdam (9th to 13th September 2005).

The multiplexes are part of an ongoing deployment of technology that has been built up over the past four months.

The trial has been organised by the Ministry of Communications Affairs and will be used for research conducted by the University of Twente.

The content broadcast on the network will be provided by both the local commercial and public players.

The trial will cover a number of different transmission modes including standard DAB audio and DMB (Digital Multimedia Broadcasting) video and audio using enhanced DAB MPEG2-TS streaming, which will be used for IBC TV broadcasts during the show.

Other options include multimedia transport using EPM (enhanced packet mode) and innovative enhancements to the existing DAB audio format.

WorldDAB announced the ETSI publication of the DMB extensions to the Eureka-147 DAB Standard in July this year, and is currently in the process of ratifying the EPM standard.

"Being able to broadcast these different technologies is a testament to the flexibility that our software defined digital radio approach provides", said Nick Banks, RadioScape's Broadcast Infrastructure Manager.

"We can address this requirement using our existing broadcast platforms by simply updating the relevant software stacks".

"The combination of our software defined radio architecture and close cooperation with WorldDAB has allowed RadioScape to implement the new standards very quickly and hence allow our customers to be first to market with advanced services".

Annika Nyberg, President of the WorldDAB Forum, added: "It is exciting to see these DAB-enabled technologies trialled side by side at such an important annual event for the broadcasting industry in Europe".

"This shows once more that DAB is a resilient and flexible technology".