Australia - Receiver Market - History
17.11.2014
The latest figures from Commercial Radio Australia show that DAB+ listening and sales of digital receivers are currently exceeding expectations. With figures of 3 million, over 23% of people in the five state capitals where DAB+ is availabe, listen to radio on a DAB+ receiver.
Sales of DAB+ receivers have now reached more than 1.7 million and with the addition of vehicles sold with a DAB+, this number exceeds 1.9 million.
Twenty vehicle manufacturers in Australia are now including digital radio (up from 16 reported in August) and more than 125,000 (125,181) vehicles with DAB+ have been sold***. Manufacturers in Australia that include DAB+ as standard or an option are: Toyota, Lexus, Jaguar, Ford, Mini, Mercedes Benz, Hino, Audi, BMW, Infiniti, McLaren, Nissan, Aston Martin, Land Rover, Isuzu, Lamborghini, Bentley, Porsche, Ferrari and Fuso.
* GfK Radio Ratings Survey 7, 2014, Monday to Sunday Midnight to Midnight, all People 10+ **GfK Marektscope Q3 Report. ***Glass's Automotive Business Intelligence 2014.
Click here for the 2014 Digital Radio Industry Report or downloaded from the CRA website and www.digitalradioplus.com.au.
All leading consumer radio brands now offer DAB+ receivers. There are now more than 260 DAB+ devices available and the average selling price continues to fall. The latest DAB+ radios include colour touch screen, slideshow and interactivity via Wi-Fi connection. CRA continues to work with chip and module makers to encourage the adoption of categorised slideshow, DL+ and other advanced features and will continue to promote radio’s new digital features to retailers, manufacturers and listeners.
The latest DAB+ listening and sales figures are available in the Digital Radio Industry Report 2014.
Mobile phones
Many mobile phones include FM radio and radio stations have created apps to enable listeners to listen to AM, FM and DAB+ stations via mobile stream. CRA is working internationally with other broadcasters, telcos, handset manufacturers and organisations to ensure that, just as for FM, a DAB+ chip will become standard in mobile phones to enable listeners to access all stations via DAB+ free to air broadcast. Increasingly hybrid radio will offer broadcasters greater opportunities to connect with their listeners and clients in real time.
For a list digital radios available on the Australian market please visit
http://www.digitalradioplus.com.au/index.cfm?page_id=1006.
17.10.2014
Official data relating to DAB+ digital radio in Australia released by Commercial Radio Australia (CRA) can be seen in the 2014 Digital Radio Report, showing nearly 100,000* (97,177) new vehicles have been sold with DAB+ digital radio, and digital radio listening is at an all time high with 21.4% or almost 2.8 million people tuning in each week in the five metropolitan capital cities alone.
In the five years since the launch of DAB+ digital radio in metropolitan Australia, research shows consumer awareness and sales continue to outperform expectations. Nearly 1.7 million (1.677 million) digital radio devices have been sold and when combined with the 100,000 vehicles with DAB+ and the 2.8 million** people listening each week, PwC have reforecast digital radio household penetration to 23.3%.***
*Glass's Automotive Business Intelligence 2014 ** GfK Radio Ratings Survey 5, 2014, Monday to Sunday Midnight to Midnight, all People 10+ ***PwC DAB+ Radio Adoption Forecast 2014
Click here for the 2014 Digital Radio Industry Report or downloaded from the CRA website and www.digitalradioplus.com.au.
All leading consumer radio brands now offer DAB+ receivers. There are now more than 260 DAB+ devices available and the average selling price continues to fall. The latest DAB+ radios include colour touch screen, slideshow and interactivity via Wi-Fi connection. CRA continues to work with chip and module makers to encourage the adoption of categorised slideshow, DL+ and other advanced features and will continue to promote radio’s new digital features to retailers, manufacturers and listeners.
The latest DAB+ listening and sales figures are available in the Digital Radio Industry Report 2014.
Mobile phones
Many mobile phones include FM radio and radio stations have created apps to enable listeners to listen to AM, FM and DAB+ stations via mobile stream. CRA is working internationally with other broadcasters, telcos, handset manufacturers and organisations to ensure that, just as for FM, a DAB+ chip will become standard in mobile phones to enable listeners to access all stations via DAB+ free to air broadcast. Increasingly hybrid radio will offer broadcasters greater opportunities to connect with their listeners and clients in real time.
For a list digital radios available on the Australian market please visit
http://www.digitalradioplus.com.au/index.cfm?page_id=1006.
15.10.2014
Household penetration in Australia is at 18% and is tracking ahead of predictions. Sales figures of DAB+ devices recorded over the 2013/2014 Christmas and New Year period reached (170,167) bringing the total number of digital radios sold since launch to nearly 1.6 million (1,576,318) according to the GfK Marketscope 2013 report.
All leading consumer radio brands now offer DAB+ receivers. There are now more than 260 DAB+ devices available and the average selling price continues to fall. The latest DAB+ radios include colour touch screen, slideshow and interactivity via Wi-Fi connection. CRA continues to work with chip and module makers to encourage the adoption of categorised slideshow, DL+ and other advanced features and will continue to promote radio’s new digital features to retailers, manufacturers and listeners.
The latest DAB+ listening and sales figures are available in the Digital Radio Industry Report 2014.
Mobile phones
Many mobile phones include FM radio and radio stations have created apps to enable listeners to listen to AM, FM and DAB+ stations via mobile stream. CRA is working internationally with other broadcasters, telcos, handset manufacturers and organisations to ensure that, just as for FM, a DAB+ chip will become standard in mobile phones to enable listeners to access all stations via DAB+ free to air broadcast. Increasingly hybrid radio will offer broadcasters greater opportunities to connect with their listeners and clients in real time.
For a list digital radios available on the Australian market please visit
http://www.digitalradioplus.com.au/index.cfm?page_id=1006.