Digital Radio
The original frequency allocations for DAB in Australia were in L-band, but successful lobbying by broadcasters produced temporary allocations in Band III which have turned into an official public service. Australia was a key player in the enhancement of the original DAB specification to include AAC and AAC+ codecs, in a revised spec known as DAB+. Australia was one of the first countries to adopt DAB+ and did so from the beginning of the official service. There continues to be an experimental transmission in L-band in Sydney, but all the regular DAB+ broadcasts are now in Band III.
Digital Television
The system for digital television used in Australia is DVB-T, using MPEG 2. High-definition broadcasts are also available from terrestrial transmitters and these also used MPEG-2.
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