WorldDMB

Jørn Jensen

WDMB President

• Commissioner Neelie Kroes pro - digital radio

• European Digital Radio Forum

• EU events / activities

• WorldDMB Key EU messages

EU Momentum

• DAB+ NOW ON AIR

• National DAB+ multiplex

• Network roll out phase 1: 27 sites, 40% population

coverage

• German Industry working together to make digital

radio the future of radio

• Working Groups

• Draft Telecommunications Law in progress - DAB in

all receivers mandatory by 2014

Germany

(cc) James Cridland

France

• Kessler Report

• Status of the French market

• 2012 elections

• 9 month demonstration in Lyon

• Further trials planned eg Marseille

Italy

• Regulation in place

• Applications for licenses received by the Authority

• Early 2012 frequency distribution will be made, operational

by end 2012

• Marketing campaign ready

• Certification launched – based on WorldDMB profiles

• Good receivers already on the market

Spain • DAB+ trial in Madrid due to begin by 1st December

2011

• Foro de la Radio Digital recommended roadmap

for relaunch

• Technical proposals for network

• Muxes

• Running on SFN

• Networks with multiplex licence need to meet 20%

coverage (reduced from 50%)

French-speaking Belgium

• Private and public collaboration

• Government and CSA support

• Exciting business model

• Public consultation launched – ends 31 October

2011

Netherlands

• National Commercial – 16 commercial

stations on DAB

• Public and commercial regionals – decision

on mux

• National public extending to 100% coverage

• Planned migration to DAB+ from end 2011

Norway

• FM switch off for 2017

- 50% of listening must be done digitally by

2015

- coverage should be equal to FM

- solutions for cars must be available by early

2015

- must include additional value to the listeners

•Coverage 80% - rising to 99.8% by 2017

(cc) James Cridland

• One of most successful DAB markets

• Danish government confirmed it would not be renewing the FM network

• 95% coverage, 33% penetration

• DR has shifted focus to quality rather than quantity

Denmark

• 90-99% of the population able to receive DAB/DAB+

• 4 public regional DAB/DAB+ multiplexes from SRG,

one commercial DAB+ multiplex in the German

speaking part

• Plans for commercial DAB+ multiplexes in the

French speaking part of Switzerland

• Migrating to DAB+ by the end of 2012

• 750,000 receivers had been sold by mid-2011

Switzerland

Automotive

• WDMB actively works with car industry - workshops

• Industry taking Market by Market approach

• Car manufacturers looking at time-scales to fit multi-

standard chips

• Germany has chosen TPEG as standard

• Focus on visibility and marketing

• World DMB Service following task force

New receivers on the market

Asia Pacific • Indonesia moving forward with a DAB+ trial

• Malaysia public broadcaster RTM DAB+ trial since

2009

• Laos planning a DAB+ trial

• South Korea world’s largest market 27m DMB

devices sold – finalising decision on national

digital radio standard

•Singapore has digital radio on DAB/DAB+ on air

(cc) jjcb

Australia

• DAB+ on air in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane,

Perth and Adelaide

• 940,000 people listening to digital radio

• 508,462 digital radios in the market

• New content on air and use of pop-up stations

• New revenue models eg station sponsoring

(cc) James Cridland

China

•Beijing Jolon launched Push Radio in 2010

•DMB services during Asia Games 2011

•50,000 DMB receivers during Asia Games

(cc) archer10

Hong Kong

•2 National Multiplexes on air

•Broadcasting of DAB+ from November 2011

•Launching digital radio on DAB+

•3 commercial DAB+ licences have been issued

•RTHK to be issued 5 channels

•Industry Working Group consortium

•18 channels in DAB+ on a 24 hour basis will begin in Hong

Kong in November 2011. (cc) cheddarcheez

Vietnam

•Broadtech SC T-DMB trial in Ho Chi Minh City since

Dec 2010

•3 transmitters cover the city area

•6 video services and 1 radio services

•Plan to launch self-branded mobile phone receivers

•VTV planning to apply for new national license for

nationwide T-DMB, to cover 10 cities over next 2 years