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Reports on the impact of digital audio broadcast on the home and cars in England. Module's radio frequency design set for car audio; Complexity of the car radio market created by the technology of radio antennas; Original design goals for the Eureka 147 system; RadioScape Ltd.'s development and marketing of cost-effective digital broadcast software/hardware solutions for kitchen radios and radio clock alarms.

The article reports on the diversion of escalating hostilities in the struggle for spectrum by mobile television backers into L-Band, as a fast becoming disputed territory. L-Band is originally assigned to the Digital Audio Broadcast radio standard. However, some Digital Video Broadcast-Handheld (DVB-H) format promoters advocate poaching it for DVB-H service in Europe. Office of Communications, a regulatory agency in Great Britain, will consider addressing L-Band allocation in their meetings.

Reports on the proposed rules issued by the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for digital radio in 1999. Provisions of the proposal; Reaction to the move; Supporters of the proposed rules.

Comments on how the issue of government-proposed guidelines may help get satellite digital radio a step closer to reality. Some heated opposition as the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) attempts to launch a nationwide satellite digital-audio-radio service (Dars); Why the FCC is favorable toward satellite Dars.

Focuses on the technology developed by WorldSpace Corporation and BayGen Power Group to power up the digital audio system. Portable radio with cranked up power developed by BayGen Power Group.

Reveals that USA Digital Radio and Lucent Technologies is planning to field test in 1998 an in-band, on-channel (IBOC) digital-audio broadcasting system. Endorsement by the Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Association (CEMA) of the Eureka-147 system; Sentiment of the Federal Communications Commission on the IBOC technology; Contribution of Lucent to the technology.

Reports on WorldSpace Inc.'s plan to deploy satellite-based digital-audio-broadcast services. Coordination of the global implementation; Subsidies for digital-audio-receiver companies for their initial development costs; Demodulation and encryption chips; Need for buffers for both incoming and outgoing signals.

The article reports on London, England-based RadioScape Ltd.'s selection of Analog Devices Inc.'s (ADI) Blackfin processor as its mobile television platform. RadioScape will share its "end-to-end" Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) knowledge with ADI to build mobile television receivers based on the Eureka 147 DAB standard.

The article reports on the partnership between Frontier Silicon and SigmaTel Inc. The two companies partnered to offer a combined digital audio broadcasting , FM and MP3 player platform for portable devices. Their partnership is announced days before Beijing Radio lit up a new network for digital audio broadcast.

The article reports that China's own digital terrestrial TV standard which is just going to be prepared is threatening the viability of European-invented Digital Video Broadcast-based DVB-Hand-held and a South Korean derivative of Digital Audio Broadcasting known as Terrestrial-Digital Multimedia Broadcasting. This is more so because the authorities in China are giving it priority. The Chinese standard is designed for both fixed and mobile devices and its higher bandwidth will give it an advantage for data services and offer more video channels than T-DM3.

This article reports that consumers are now buying their broadcast audio despite the clutter of freely available AM and FM channels on their radio dials. The two providers of satellite pay radio, Sirius and XM are responding to market growth with increasingly portable receiver designs to help listeners tune in anywhere in the mainland U.S. The Delphi Roady2 XM Satellite Radio Receiver was released in mid-2004. In this device, analog technology performs the function of pulling in broadcast audio from the satellites to bring an array of music, talk, news, and other programming to listeners. Replacing the previous Delphi XM receiver's complex metal-shield-enclosed radio module is a commercially available monolithic Satellite Digital Audio Radio Service receiver chip from Maxim.

Reports on the commercial availability of BUG radio from Great Britain-based Imagination Technologies Ltd., which comes with a Secure Digital card to store music downloads and a USB port to download new software. Benefits of the device.

Reports on the development of digital audio broadcasting technology by Microsoft Corp. in Europe. Expansion of the geographic reach; Transmission of multi-media signals; Development of Windows Media Series 9 platform.

Describes the integration of digital broadcast and simultaneous processing of high-definition video broadcasting and multimedia data into the 61160 system chip from NEC Electronics Corp. Specifications; Device architecture; Applications.

Reports on Tensilica Inc.'s plan to roll-out audio codecs and instructions for its Xtensa process. Product features; Specifications; Applications; Price.

Focuses on the emergence of terrestrial digital television broadcasting technology with a cellular phone network infrastructure. Expected schedule of the implementation of the technology; Challenges faced by the technology's application; Solutions to the problems.

Reports on the plan of digital audio broadcasting (DAB) vendors to add features in their processors. Issues faced by the vendors; Flexible chip sets developed by the Digital Radio Division of Texas Instruments Inc.; Countries investing on DAB infrastructure.

Reports that the International Telecommunication Union has approved the in-band on-channel (IBOC) digital audio broadcast system of IBiquity Digital Corp., as an international standard. Details on the testing program for IBOC systems.

Reports that USA Digital Radio advanced its proposed United States standard to the global market in January 2000. Status of its standard for digital amplitude modulation broadcasting; Developments in the perceptual audio coder technology of Lucent Digital Radio.

Deals with the announcement of USA Digital Radio Inc. and Digital Radio Express in the United States to join in developing an in-band, on-channel system for the digital broadcast system. Implications of the alliance; Candidate systems that will be considered by the National Radio Systems Committee; Goal of the group.

Reports on the inauguration of the first digital audio radio service by Worldspace Corp. in October 1999. Area covered by the service; Plans of the company to launch a satellite constellation.

Reports that Sony Electronics will release the IEEE-1394 chips that secure the transmission of digital audio and video content. Introduction of digital transmission content protection-enabled IEEE-1394 devices in the United States; Split in the consumer-electronics industry over encryption schemes for digital interfaces; Capabilities of the IEEE-1394 chips from Sony.

Reports that the delayed field testing of seven proposed digital-audio radio (DAR) systems will start in February 1996. Factors which delayed the tests in 1995.

Focuses on efforts to be the first to deploy digital-audio technology between radio broadcasters and an emerging regional satellite service. Rule-making proceeding from the Federal Communications Commission; Information on in-band, on-channel technology; Demands from terrestrial broadcasters; Comments from industry executives.

Reports on the British government's decision to allocate spectrum in the 217.5 to 230 megaHertz frequency band for Terrestrial Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB). Generation of a consumer-electronics market through DAB; Implications of the DAB demonstration during a meeting of the International Telecommunication Union in Geneva, Switzerland in October 1994; DAB researches; Frequency allocation for DAB use in Europe.

Reports on Dolby Laboratories' efforts to encourage American semiconductor makers to develop AC-3 chips. United States HDTV Grand Alliance's decision to recommend Dolby's AC-3 as a digital audio standard; AC-3 licensees; MPEG-2 Video, MPEG-2 Audio and MPEG-2 Systems.

Reports on developments on digital audio broadcasting (DAB) in European countries. Policy and regulatory delays; Development thrust of pan-European Eureka 147; DAB trials in London; Lack of international agreement on frequencies; Channel coding and modulation scheme; Collaboration on chip research.

Focuses on the partnership formed by RadioScape Ltd. and Roke Manor Research Ltd. to develop digital audio broadcast (DAB) systems aimed at the professional broadcast, office and consumer environments. Target market of the DAB test receiver; Aim of the plan of RadioScape and Roke Manor for licensing a consumer version of DAB Personal Computer Interconnect (PCI); Capabilities of RadioScape's software.

Provides information on the digital audio broadcasting (DAB) standard to be launched by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Companies that manufacture DAB receivers; Population covered by BBC's digital signal.

Presents information on a software decoder developed by RadioScape Limited, which allows a personal computer to receive digital audio broadcasting (DAB) of audio and data services. Specification of the software decoder; Possible implementations for the system; Initial cost of the software.

Discusses digital audio broadcasting (DAB) standard in chip sets. Companies who delivered the chips; Companies that has implemented the DAB network standard; Remarks of DAB's backers on the future of the standard.

Cites Satellite CD Radio Inc. and American Mobile Radio Corp. as top bidders in the US Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) auction of spectrum for satellite digital-audio radio services (DARS). Bidders' plan to use satellites to deliver nationwide programming with compact disc-quality sound.

Focuses on the formation of the World Digital-Audio Broadcasting (DAB) Forum in an effort to achieve worldwide acceptance of the DAB technique beyond Europe.