Norway will refuse FM broadcast until 2017
Norwegian Culture Minister Torhild Vidvey announced that the country will fully switch to digital broadcasting by 2017, abandoning analog FM broadcasting. Thus, Norway will be the first country in the world to make this transition. Since the coverage of digital DAB radio (Digital Audio Broadcasting) in the country now exceeds the coverage of analog FM stations, it is expected that the change in broadcast standard will be quick and painless.
Norway began the transition to digital broadcasting in 1995. From a statistical point of view, the situation with subscribers and the equipment they have is as follows:
The transition to a new broadcasting standard has already been agreed with radio stations in Norway. Some of them will turn off the FM broadcast at the same time, others will continue the mixed broadcast for some time.
In Europe, a number of countries also voiced plans similar to Norway. So the German company ARD declared its readiness to transition to the digital standard for broadcasting DAB +, a road map for a similar transition was developed in Sweden. However, the plans of Stockholm on this score take a longer time - the shutdown of the FM broadcast should occur in 2024. In general, in the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands and Germany, more than 90% of the territory is already covered with digital broadcasting networks. In the hands of subscribers is approximately 30 million digital radio receivers standard DAB / DAB +, while the growth of sales of such devices has doubled over the past few years.
Norway began the transition to digital broadcasting in 1995. From a statistical point of view, the situation with subscribers and the equipment they have is as follows:
- 56% of Norwegians only listen to digital radio
- 44% of Norwegians only listen to FM radio
- 20% of cars are equipped with a digital DAB radio receiver
- 55% of Norwegian households have at least one digital DAB radio receiver
The transition to a new broadcasting standard has already been agreed with radio stations in Norway. Some of them will turn off the FM broadcast at the same time, others will continue the mixed broadcast for some time.
In Europe, a number of countries also voiced plans similar to Norway. So the German company ARD declared its readiness to transition to the digital standard for broadcasting DAB +, a road map for a similar transition was developed in Sweden. However, the plans of Stockholm on this score take a longer time - the shutdown of the FM broadcast should occur in 2024. In general, in the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands and Germany, more than 90% of the territory is already covered with digital broadcasting networks. In the hands of subscribers is approximately 30 million digital radio receivers standard DAB / DAB +, while the growth of sales of such devices has doubled over the past few years.
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Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/366859/
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