Spain promotes DAB+ digital radio to improve quality and efficiency of terrestrial broadcasts
05 Nov 2026Effective: 05 Nov 20262 views
Who is affected:
State terrestrial digital radio operators, receiver manufacturers and autonomous communities
Summary
The Government requires updating terrestrial digital radio to the DAB+ standard, which is more efficient and offers better sound. There is no shutdown of the previous DAB technology.
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Royal Decree 958/2026 establishes measures to promote DAB+ technology in state terrestrial digital sound broadcasting, without eliminating current DAB or modifying the frequency planning in force since 1999. The technical improvement consists of changing audio coding from MPEG Layer II to MPEG 4 HE-AACv2, which allows …
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