The WSG asks the Council to defend the ‘No Change’ at WRC-23

The Wider Spectrum Group asks the Council to preserve the current UHF Band allocation by defending No Change at WRC-23. While recognizing the value of considering a secondary mobile allocation in view of envisaging a compromise with the minority of Region 1 countries who insist on a change in regulations, the Wider Spectrum Group calls […]

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AER response to the public consultation on the Draft RSPG Opinion on ITU-R World Radiocommunication Conference 2023

The Association of European Radios – AER – is the Europe-wide trade body for commercial radio, representing the interests of companies operating over 5,000 commercial radio stations to the EU Institutions. AER promotes the development of commercially-funded radio broadcasting in Europe, by ensuring a fair and sustainable economic framework for radio so it can continue […]

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AER’s answer to the Commission’s call for evidence on the EU position on World Radiocommunication Conference 2023

The Association of European Radios – AER – is the Europe-wide trade body for commercial radio, representing the interests of companies operating over 5,000 commercial radio stations to the EU Institutions. AER promotes the development of commercially-funded radio broadcasting in Europe, by ensuring a fair and sustainable economic framework for radio so it can continue […]

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5G Broadcast for Radio: Securing future-proof, diverse and free-of-charge radio access on all platforms and all mobile devices

———————————————————————————————————————————————————— Radio’s experience today is hybrid, with radio programs being accessible terrestrially via FM and DAB/DAB+ or via fixed or mobile broadband networks using IP streaming. 5G broadcast could enable unprecedented radio and TV consumption on mobile devices: high quality access to the full range of radio programs, anywhere, on any mobile device, at no […]

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AER response to the public consultation on the Radio Spectrum Policy Group draft Work Programme for 2022 and beyond

  The Association of European Radios – AER – is the Europe-wide trade body for commercial radio, representing the interests of companies operating over 5,000 commercial radio stations to the EU Institutions. AER promotes the development of commercially-funded radio broadcasting in Europe, by ensuring a fair and sustainable economic framework for radio so it can […]

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AER comments on the Radio Spectrum Policy Group (RSPG) Draft Opinion on a Radio Spectrum Policy Programme (RSPP)

AER supports a multi-platform future for commercial radio: ensuring reception of terrestrial free-to-air analogue and digital broadcasting, complemented by online transmission, is crucial to maintain a healthy radio market in Europe. To this end, spectrum capacity for the sub 700 MHz band should be secured for radio, through frequency allocation decisions taken at national level, […]

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The Future of Radio is Multi-Platform: Radios need access to 5G for Broadcasting

The Future of Radio is Multi-Platform: Radios need access to 5G for Broadcasting ———————————————————————————————————————————————————— AER continues to support a multi-platform future for radio: ensuring reception of terrestrial free to air analogue and digital broadcasting, complemented by IP, is crucial to maintain a healthy radio market in Europe. Multi-standard solutions – which allows the listener to […]

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Digital Single Market – Radio’s Access to Infrastructure – The Future of Radio is Multi-Platform – 2017

Digital Single Market – Radio’s Access to Infrastructure – The Future of Radio is Multi-Platform AER continues to support a multi-platform future for radio. As well as analogue broadcast streams and digital broadcast signals the inclusion of other digital means of transmission in radio receivers, such as internet reception, will help to ensure a continuing […]

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Draft RSPG Opinion on Common Policy Objectives for WRC-15 – AER Comments

12 January 2015 – RADIO SPECTRUM POLICY GROUP – DRAFT RSPG OPINION ON COMMON POLICY OBJECTIVES FOR WRC-15 – AER COMMENTS The Association of European Radios (AER) is a Europe-wide trade body representing the interests of over 4,500 commercially-funded radio stations across the EU27 and in Switzerland. AER is located at: Association Européenne des Radios […]

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