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BBC now testing AAC/AAC+ Internet streams at higher quality than DAB 13th February 09 The BBC has finally begun testing AAC/AAC+ live streams, and it has launched AAC/AAC+ on-demand Internet radio streams, both of which provide higher quality than DAB. The best-known example of an on-demand radio service is the BBC’s Listen Again service, which has recently been fully integrated into the BBC iPlayer alongside the on-demand TV streams. The BBC has also significantly improved the quality of the on-demand streams, as they’re now using the following bit rates with the MP3 codec: Content type Example BBC stations MP3 bit rate kbps Audio mode Pop music Radios 1 & 2 128 Joint stereo Classical music Radio 3 192 Joint stereo Stereo speech Radio 4 128 Joint stereo Mono speech Radio 5 80 Mono The BBC has said it is going to switch its live and on-demand streams to using the AAC/AAC+ audio codec later this year. Global Radio, which is the UK’s largest commercial radio group after it took over GCap
