Radio Regenbogen Launches First HD Radioâ„¢ Test in Germany
Columbia, Maryland, August 15, 2007 -- Radio Regenbogen, one of Germany’s private radio stations, and network operator Media & Broadcast of T-System have announced that they will begin an HD Radio technology field test at the end of August.
“Listeners in the Rhine-Nectar area will be able to receive the Radio Regenbogen program as in the past with their normal radio at a frequency of 102.8,” commented Radio Regenbogen’s managing director, Gregory Spaceman in a press release. “With the new HD Radio technology, they will also be able to enjoy the new formats ‘Regenbogen Gold and Regenbogen Comedy,’ two new multicast channels.”
Testing is also being supported by iBiquity Digital, Audioexport Georg Neumann, Orban/CRL Systems and Broadcast Electronics and Ruoss AG, a company that has assisted with HD Radio tests in Switzerland. The first test results are to be presented at an event of the Regional Office for Communication that will be held in Stuttgart on September 27, 2007. For more information, please visit: http://www.regenbogenweb.de/.
International HD Radio testing and adoption has accelerated in recent months as evidenced by the following developments: In May 2007, Mexico's Federal Telecommunications Commission allowed radio stations along the country's northern U.S. border to voluntarily begin broadcasting with HD Radio technology; in March 2007, more than 70 executives from the automotive, broadcast, data content, and semiconductor industries participated in the HD Radio Forum held in Cologne, Germany; R.V.R. Elettronica became the first licensed HD Radio broadcast equipment manufacturer in Europe in February 2007; and in November 2006, Brazilian broadcasters formed the "Brazilian Alliance for Digital Radio" to promote and support the deployment of HD Radio technology in that country.
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iBiquity Digital Corporation is the developer of the HD Radio system which is powering the AM/FM digital radio revolution. This transformational technology allows AM and FM stations to broadcast digital signals in tandem with their analog signals, providing broadcasters with a platform to deliver multiple channels of programming on the same frequency (HD2 multicasting); crystal-clear, CD-quality sound; advanced services such as traffic updates; and text and graphics content. More than 1,300 U.S. HD Radio stations are on the air, with more than 600 of those offering additional content via multicast channels. HD Radio technology is being or has been tested in many countries throughout the world, including Argentina, Australia, Bosnia, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Switzerland, Thailand and Ukraine. iBiquity’s investors are global leaders in the technology, broadcasting, manufacturing, media and financial industries.
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