SHANGHAI, China — Hoping to make further inroads with Chinese OEMs, Frontier Silicon Ltd. and SigmaTel Inc. are linking up to offer a combined digital audio broadcasting, FM and MP3 player platform ...

Traditional radio services in the U.S. are entering a new era of digital audio broadcasting (DAB). Development efforts have been under way for over five years. Now, using the S-band frequency spectrum ...

Microsoft is continuing to take the standards route to further spread its multimedia prowess. On Thursday, the software maker said it is joining the World DAB Forum, an industry group engaged in ...

MUNICH, Germany — At the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin, Fraunhofer IIS demonstrates a method to transmit 5.1 surround sound across DAB radio channels. The technology is compatible with ...

Although Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) hasn’t really caught on here in the States, it seems to be off to a solid start in much of the rest of the world, and if new products like The Bug here are ...

The annual WorldDAB General Assembly took place in cyberspace in November. Approximately 300 people joined to hear 35 speakers describe the state of DAB+ digital audio broadcasting around the planet.

Ofcom has announced the award of the new digital audio broadcasting national radio multiplex licence is to go to 4 Digital Group Limited. The 12-year licence will allow the broadcast of a number of ...

The author writes on radio from Stockholm. In “DAB Advocates Celebrated Growth in 2020” and “Assembly Highlights Advances for WorldDAB,” WorldDAB President Patrick Hannon claimed that 2020 was a good ...

The mobile nature of broadcast radios and TVs becomes more evident all the time, appearing in myriad devices like cell phones and MP3 players. For example, take analog radio. There's AM and FM. Or, ...

of test broadcasting. Sweden’s Minister for Culture, Leif Pagrotsky, said in a statement that the switch to DAB instead of FM will be too expensive, and that it’s difficult to see the real benefit.

It’s commonly agreed that the future of broadcast radio lies in the eventual replacement of AM and FM analogue transmissions with digital services. A wide range of technologies exist to service this ...