Radio / Television News

UK government backs DAB

LONDON – The UK government has endorsed Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) as the primary means of migrating from analogue to digital radio, says a report released late last week.The Digital Britain Report “underlines the importance of the communications sector, its crucial contribution to the economy and its role in building Britain’s industrial future”, and includes proposals on next generation networks, broadband access, and digital content rights, as well as digital radio.The report supports strategies set out by WorldDMB that recommends analogue radio switch off as early as 2017. WorldDMB is an international, non-governmental organization that promotes the awareness, adoption and implementation of DAB-based technologies...