the Ministry of culture of Norway announced the final transition to digital broadcasting (DAB and DAB+) until the end of 2017.

the Ministry of culture of Norway announced the final transition to digital broadcasting (DAB and DAB+) until the end of 2017, reports gizmodo.com.

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Director of the Norwegian broadcasting Corporation NRK Thor Eriksen noted that this decision allowed us to focus on producing quality and variety of radiocontact for students.
According to a survey by TNS Gallup, 56% of Norwegians listening to digital radio every day. And in the country in digital format has 22 national channel, whereas in the FM-band 5.

Therefore, due to the dominance of digital channels, the decision of the Ministry of culture is justified, moreover, after the final transition to digital will be expanded the features and functionality of standard Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB).

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In Norway, which will soon officially become the first country to reject radio, in many European and Asian countries are also actively talking about it. Recall that FM radio (eng. frequency modulation - frequency modulation) was patented in 1933 and existed for over a hundred years, but it seems that his days are already numbered.

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