Report: New Future for Terrestrial Digital Broadcasting

5G Broadcast envisioned as a key to the future of media distribution in Europe.

With its trusted free-to-air content, terrestrial television and radio are essential to European life according to the broadcast provider industry. Looking to 2040,  terrestrial broadcasting is set to evolve with new capabilities that improve picture quality, expand access to mobile devices, and strengthen emergency communication. In the long term perspective 5G Broadcast will probably replace existing systems for digital terrestrial broadcasting as DVB-T2 for television and DAB for radio.

The report 5G BROADCAST HORIZONS FOR EUROPE prepared by South180 for Broadcast Network Europe presented at conference in Brussels paints a vision for the technology’s deployment in Europe. Read more here:

FM Radio For Another 15 Years In Germany - New Broadcasting Licenses

Transition to digital radio is moving at a snail's pace

DAB was invented in Germany back in the 1980s, but will analogue radio ever be switched off? 

FM radio was originally supposed to be switched off in Germany in 2010.Now 2025, and analogue terrestrial radio is still by far the most popular way to listen to radio. The first new licenses are now being granted until 2040.

Another DAB Setback - Switzerland Reverses Decision to Close FM Radio

                         Picture: Rim Hay VG

Public service broadcaster SRG will reassess the situation.

SRG Director General Susanne Wille is considering restarting the FM-network under pressure from parliament. If the government (State Council) allows private radio stations to continue broadcasting on FM, Susanne Wille intends to reconsider the plan. The National Council has already decided not to shut down FM. Radio stations should be allowed to broadcast on these frequencies even after 2026. Following the National Council, the relevant committee of the State Council now also supports this, albeit by a narrow margin.