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RAJAR 4Q2012: UK Digital Radio Listening on the Increase Again

05.02.2013 - United Kingdom

42 percent of the population now has a DAB digital radio set, up from 40.3 percent in 4Q2011. This equates to 22 million adults now having a DAB digital radio, up 6 percent year over year.

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Regional radio's $500m plea

05.02.2013 - Australia

Regional MPs will be lobbied to support Commercial Radio Australia's submission for government assistance to roll out digital services to the non-metropolitan areas from next year. C

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The fight for DAB+ in regional markets

05.02.2013 - Australia

In The Australian today, Mark Day has written about the fight to get DAB+ into regional area's of Australia.

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Kenwood Introduces KDC BT73DAB

05.02.2013 - Germany

New Kenwood program is now the first car radio with digital radio receivers and integrated Bluetooth hands-free.

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RAJAR: Digital climbs to a third of total radio audience

05.02.2013 - United Kingdom

Although total figures portrayed modest growth, digital's share of the total radio audience grew 14 per cent year on year, with RAJAR finding that 48 per cent of the UK public tuned in via some form of digital radio.

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Pure appoints Nick Hucker as director of marketing

04.02.2013 - United Kingdom

Pure appoints Nick Hucker as its new director of marketing. Nick replaces Colin Crawford, who was part of the team which introduced the Pure brand, and has been instrumental in taking Pure to its position as a world leading consumer electronics manufacturer.

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Bush radio's got a point on handouts

03.02.2013 - Australia

The digital audio broadcasting format DAB-Plus is becoming the digital radio standard around the world.

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Eureka! - Issue 19

01.02.2013 -

Topics covered in this issue include: DAB Patent Expiry, Economics of Broadcasting – Use it or lose it, Digital Radio in Germany: A spotlight on Bavaria and Digital Radio and the Automotive Industry.

Rajar Q4 2012: Absolute and Kiss grow but TalkSport falters as execs leave

01.02.2013 - United Kingdom

The Absolute Radio network, which includes sister digital stations such as Absolute 80s and Absolute Radio 00s, reached an average of 3.3 million listeners in Q4 2012.

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