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digital audio broadcasting

[¦dij·əd·əl ¦ȯd·ē·ō ′brȯd‚kast·iŋ]
(communications)
The radio broadcasting of audio signals encoded in digital form. Abbreviated DAB.
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digital audio broadcasting

Digital radio. It is the digital successor to analog AM and FM radio. See HD Radio and DAB.
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Digital audio broadcasting allows compact disc quality signals to be received on handheld or vehicular receivers without the fading distortion sometimes experienced with AM and FM radio reception.
The alliance will allow Harris to offer comprehensive Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) and Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) solutions to broadcasters that want to offer digital audio, mobile video and data services over a single platform to consumer handheld devices.
WHEN Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) radios first went on sale in the UK, they only appealed to enthusiasts with deep pockets.
THE digital audio broadcasting era has definitely arrived and Roberts Radio has launched a tabletop model with remote control - the pounds 180 Gemini 6 - which has a cherry veneered cabinet and front steel panel and a fabulous sound.
Not only does DAB - digital audio broadcasting - provide near-CD-quality sound, but there is a host of new stations plus lots of FM favourites to choose from.
Blaupunkt's latest Woodstock DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting) combines an FM/MW radio tuner with new state-of-the-art features, such as the ability to press a button and record a song you hear on the radio.
Africa is definitely due to get digital audio broadcasting and multimedia services via the AfriStar satellite, which is to be launched in September.
The Swedish digital audio broadcasting systems provider Factum Electronics AB, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Effnet Holding AB, said on Wednesday (29 September) that it had recently won several new orders in South Korea.
Second is the advent of digital audio broadcasting. Along with the other two national commercial radio services (Classic FM and Virgin Radio) Talk is guaranteed a national digital slot.
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