London, 13th May, 2010.

 

The WorldDMB Forum, an international nongovernmental organisation coordinating the implementation of all Eureka-147 based technologies, announces it will sponsor Wohnort.org, a website providing independent information on the DAB family of services on-air around the world. www.wohnort.org has become a vital source of information for roadcasters,journalists, analysts and manufacturers of DAB sets, providing an instant,international snapshot of what stations are available on DAB, DAB+ and DMB. It includes independently researched details of which countries are using the technology, the maturity of the markets, who operates the multiplexes, the bit rate used for various services, whether stations are mono or stereo, which spectrum block is utilised and more.
Run by consultant Carey Taylor, the site is a key international resource for anyone interested in developing DAB, DAB+ or DMB services or products. It gives a comprehensive, accurate overview of the current services on-air around the world using a network of contacts on the ground in each country. It has been described as providing “more than you need to know” and, when it was briefly suspended earlier this year, provoked a flood of concerned messages from users.
WorldDMB will become the website’s main sponsor and www.wohnort.org will also feed a new database on www.worlddab.org to aid in the promotion of DAB technology around the world. Project Director Letty Zambrano says: “World DMB is pleased to have the opportunity to work with Wohnort. It is important that our members and the wider digital radio broadcasting community have information on services around the world. The DAB family of standards remains the most successful digital radio standard in the world today, with markets adding
new services on a weekly basis. Hundreds of receivers are available worldwide and, with the multimedia nature of the standard, digital radio and mobile TV are becoming a reality around the world. The monitoring Wohnort carries out is invaluable.”
Carey Taylor says: "Wohnort's DAB web pages are ten years old this month. In that time the level of activity of broadcasters using the DAB family of standards around the world had increased to such an extent that the website was becoming untenable simply by virtue of DAB's success. WorldDMB's support is important not only for the recognition of Wohnort as a reliable source of accurate information, but also because it will help the pages to continue to be updated as more and more territories begin broadcasting using the DAB family of standards."