Digital Radio

Digital Radio offers listeners exceptionally high quality sound as well as features such as programme associated data and still images. DAB enables the broadcaster to provide multi-channel services resulting in the more efficient use of spectrum. It has many added features including allowing listeners to select shows from an electronic program guide, rewind and pause programmes and show scrolling information.

Broadcast Australia has been actively conducting a Digital Radio Broadcasting (DAB) trial in Melbourne. The trial plays a key role in the development of knowledge relating to DAB standards and technology in advance of the introduction of new DAB services in Australia commencing 1 January 2009.

Broadcast Australia continues to play a key role in the representative organisation WorldDMB and was a member of the Working Party for the recent extension of the DAB standard to incorporate the advanced audio coding standard, DAB+.