Monday, January 31, 2011

New digital radio system for the Netherlands

After extensive market research, the Dutch infrastructure provider, KPN, selected London based radioscape to provide the new Eureka 147 (DAB / DAB+) Encoding / Multiplex systems to replace the system originally installed in 2005 and that has been providing up to 12 channels of Digital Radio in DAB for the Dutch Public Broadcaster.

The new system was installed for KPN and will take over from the current system after 6 weeks of trials are completed. During this time, training was carried out for staff to prepare them for the new digital environment that will become the norm in the Netherlands and may include other advances available from radioscape, such as:
5.1 Surround Sound
Visual Slide Show
Electronic Programme Guide
Traffic and Travel Information
DAB+ (with significantly more stations on each ensemble grouping).


Radioscape’s Senior Sales and Marketing Manager, Tony Orwin has been involved with DAB in the Netherlands since 2004 and as he commented, “I believe that it is the company’s policy of “partnering” with their existing and new clients to help the technology advance in the global market place that has enabled us to become intimately aware of the precise needs of the broadcasters and to design systems that meet those technical, commercial and operational requirements so well.

“It has been a pleasure working with KPN over that period and to have been able to deliver a system now that so closely matches their ongoing requirements. Radioscape’s engineers and sales team have worked closely with KPN to ensure that the system will support KPN and its role of delivering Digital Radio to the people of the Netherlands - well into the future”.

(Source: radioscape via Media Network Weblog)

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