Hong Kong

Metro Radio--in cooperation with iBiquity and Broadcast Electronics (BE)--conducted the first HD Radio demonstration at the ITU Telecom World 2006 conference in December 2006. This is a dramatic step forward in terms of HD Radio testing and demonstrations as Hong Kong is considered the gateway to the Pacific Rim and is a world center for radio receiver manufacturing.

Metro Radio, one of the largest commercial broadcasters in Hong Kong, successfully demonstrated HD Radio technology as a digital broadcast standard compatible with analog transmission on the host frequency as well as adjacent channels. BE supplied a BE FMi 106 transmission system, which broadcast the HD Radio signal at low-power on 100.1 MHz. Initial testing revealed to ITU conference-goers that digital HD Radio signals can be broadcast at the same time as analog FM on an existing licensed FM frequency, without causing prohibitive interference to the analog FM broadcast or neighboring analog FM stations.