Digital One is a joint venture, backed by GCap Media and Arqiva. It operates the largest DAB digital radio network in the world and is pioneering the role of digital radio in the commercial world.

It is committed to the long-term promotion of digital radio in the UK and stimulating the market is part of its licence remit. Digital One has the biggest investment programme of any radio operator in order to market the medium and promote the sale of digital radio receivers. With capital investment in its nationwide transmitter network and marketing activity throughout its licence term, Digital One's commitment in these two areas alone is in excess of £50m.

As the number of digital radio listeners grows, Digital One is working to offer those listeners a rich choice of new national digital radio stations, and access to a range of new text, multimedia and interactive data services. The radio stations currently on Digital One's national commercial multiplex are: Classic FM, Virgin Radio, talkSPORT, Capital Life, theJazz and Planet Rock.

Digital One was awarded the sole UK National Multiplex licence for DAB digital radio in 1998 and started broadcasting in November 1999 under a renewable 12-year licence from the Radio Authority (now Ofcom). Together with the BBC, Digital One is a major stakeholder in the Digital Radio Development Bureau (DRDB), which is also supported by other commercial radio companies. Representatives from Digital One also work with the WorldDMB Forum to promote the medium internationally.

In partnership with Digital One (the UK's only national commercial digital radio network) Imagination Technologies developed a low-power, low-cost digital base-band chip and receiver module. Essentially a digital radio on a chip, this technology led to lower priced, more widely available digital radios and transformed the digital radio market, making high volume production and sales a reality for the first time. The chip was manufactured and marketed by Frontier Silicon who are licensees of Imagination's ENSIGMA and META IP cores.

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