Digital Radio: VRT announces switch to digital
21 May 2015Flemish public broadcaster VRT has announced it will switch to digital
DAB+ is an upgraded version of the DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting) standard, first used for broadcast in Europe in 1995. The update arrived in 2007, but DAB+ broadcasts cannot be listened to on DAB receivers. Listeners must upgrade to DAB+ receivers.
Nine stations currently provide DAB broadcasts in Flanders and recently a trial has started with DAB+. Further afield, there are already numerous DAB+ stations in many European countries including Norway, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, UK, Italy, Poland, Czech Republic, Denmark and Malta.
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