South Africa - Services on Air - History

18.08.2015

The DAB+ trial will consist of 1 mux broadcasting 18 X 64 kbps stereo channels in the province of Gauteng. All of the participants will use slide show and other PAD services like SLS. Five slideshows are dynamically generated. A total of 40 radio services will participate and services will be rotated to give each broadcaster a chance to trial. Participation is not limited to Gauteng based broadcasters thereby allowing broadcasters from other provinces to trial. A process of rotation will apply to enable all 40 broadcasters to get a fair chance. One third of the mux is reserved exclusively for community broadcasters. In total there will be 18 DAB+ services on air, 16 DAB+ programmes will run simulcast on AM/FM and 2 will be exclusive to digital.

29.09.2014

The DAB+ trial will consist of 1 mux broadcasting 18 X 64 kbps stereo channels in the province of Gauteng. Most of the participants will use slide show and other PAD services. A total of 40 radio services will participate and services will be rotated to give each broadcaster a chance to trial. Participation is not limited to Gauteng based broadcasters thereby allowing broadcasters from other provinces to trial. A process of rotation will apply to enable all 40 broadcasters to get a fair chance. One third of the mux is reserved exclusively for community broadcasters. In total there will be 20 DAB+ services on air, 18 DAB+ programmes will run simulcast on AM/FM and 2 will be exclusive to digital.

04.10.2013

There are currently no services on air.