14 Facts About Digital radio

1.

Digital radio is the use of digital technology to transmit or receive across the radio spectrum.

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2.

Digital transmission by radio waves includes digital broadcasting, and especially digital audio radio services.

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3.

However, analog Digital radio is still more popular and listening to Digital radio over IP is growing in popularity.

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4.

In 2012 four digital wireless radio systems are recognized by the International Telecommunication Union: the two European systems Digital Audio Broadcasting and Digital Radio Mondiale, the Japanese ISDB-T and the in-band on-channel technique used in the US and Arab world and branded as HD Radio.

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Digital radio broadcasting systems are typically designed for handheld mobile devices, like mobile-TV systems and unlike other digital TV systems which typically require a fixed directional antenna.

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6.

Digital radio Audio Broadcasting, known as Eureka 147, has been adopted by around 20 countries worldwide.

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7.

DAB related standards Digital Multimedia Broadcasting and DAB-IP are suitable for mobile radio and TV both because they have MPEG 4 AVC and WMV9 respectively as video coding formats.

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Satellite Digital radio is distinguished by its freedom from FCC censorship in the United States, its relative lack of advertising, and its ability to allow people on the road to listen to the same stations at any location in the country.

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Satellite radio is neither of these things; however, in the early 21st century it has grown by providing uncensored content and commercial-free, all-digital music channels that offer similar radio formats to local stations.

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10.

Digital radio stations are distributed on digital television platforms such as Sky, Virgin Media and Freeview, as well as internet radio.

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11.

Digital radio deployment was rebooted during 2011 - a joint commission of public and private radio broadcasters decided upon "DAB+" as the new national standard in December 2010.

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12.

Norway was the first country where analog FM Digital radio was switched off in 2017 being replaced by nationwide DAB+ distribution.

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13.

Normal radio services operate on the AM and FM bands, as well as four stations on digital TV channels.

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14.

Low-cost DAB Digital radio receivers are now available from various Japanese manufacturers, and WorldSpace has worked with Thomson Broadcast to introduce a village communications center known as a Telekiosk to bring communications services to rural areas.

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