The Canadian market for DAB (Digital Audio Broadcast) is poised to take off and will be helped by CBC Radio Canada’s programme of upgrading its DAB broadcast infrastructure. The national public service broadcaster has chosen RadioScape’s innovative Professional DAB Broadcast System for the first multiplex in this upgrade rollout which will be located in Vancouver.
The Professional DAB Broadcast System from RadioScape consists of a series of software modules, connected by a unique IP-based architecture that controls and delivers audio and data from the studio together with any external service providers, taking care of encoding and multiplexing to provide a complete baseband DAB broadcasting solution. RadioScape’s easy to use scheduling software enables users to maintain what has traditionally been a complex task. The software runs on standard industrial PCs so that hardware maintenance is straightforward. New software updates and enhancements can be easily uploaded to provide system improvements.
Nigel Oakley, RadioScape’s VP of Marketing, said, “Our Broadcast System is used for over 90% of commercial DAB broadcasts in the UK and more than 40 overseas DAB broadcast systems. This sale into Canada is the first of many more that we are working on all around the world as countries accelerate their roll out programme for DAB. Our unique solution offers superb flexibility and quality at a very competitive price with the guarantee of being future proof by virtue of being software-based unlike rival solutions that are hardware-based.”