MUMBAI: BBC has announced to make available its classical music channel Radio 3 in an extra high-quality audio stream.” As reported by media, It will be BBC’s first radio station to be offered in high definition sound.
The high quality sound will be available for special live events, starting with Electric Proms on the Radio 2 website this month, and for all Radio 3 output from December.
BBC audio and music director Tim Davie said it was “a signal of our commitment to innovate in digital radio”.
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HD Sound will be broadcast at 320 kilobits per second, which is almost twice the quality of sound offered by DAB. The BBC said improvements in sound would depend on the size or quality of speakers or headphones.
It also said HD Sound also offered a wider dynamic range, accentuating the difference in volume between quiet and loud sounds while hoping that HD Sound can be incorporated into the BBC’s iPlayer and Radioplayer as the technology develops.
As reported, BBC Radio 3 was chosen as the first station from the corporation to be broadcast in HD because its musical content was thought to be the most varied and therefore would best show off the audio benefits of HD.
