Legislative push for DAB in France

Full story on the Radio Today website at http://radiotoday.co.uk/news.php?extend.4510 . Excerpt:

 

A law which stipulates all new radio receivers, including in-car terminals, should be able to pick up digital radio transmissions is set to be passed in France.

 

In June the the French media regulator will publish its migration and licensing plan, with the government giving a clear message to the industry that digital migration will happen and the process should be fast.

 

The law sets out a three step programme to integrate digital radio into all radio receivers:

• 1st September 2010 – radio receiver which can display multimedia content will have digital radio reception enabled with the exception of in-car terminals
• 1st September 2012 – all new terminals will be dedicated to the reception of digital radio and multimedia with the exception of in-car terminals
• 1st September 2013 – all radio receivers will be digital

This will obviously have a strong positive impact on the possibilities for implementing TPEG services over DAB!

More information also on the WorldDMB website, at http://www.worlddab.org/news/document/761/French_Digital_Radio_Migration_Plans_Announced.pdf