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BBC 6 Music leads digital stations
31.01.2013 - United Kingdom
BBC 6 Music has overtaken Radio 4 Extra to become the leading digital-only station, Rajar audience figures show. The music station now has 1.9 million listeners a week - up 31% on last year.
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Mobile phone radio listening continues to rise according to latest Rajars
31.01.2013 - United Kingdom
The share of digital radio listening has grown to 33 per cent according to the latest RAJAR figures for the fourth quarter of 2012, with mobile radio listening up by 28 per cent.
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Absolute Radio and Planet Rock on song despite sell-off plans
31.01.2013 - United Kingdom
Among the commercial digital-only stations, big year-on-year risers included Bauer Media's Heat, up 18.4% to 767,000, and Jazz FM, up 18.8% (but down 2.6% on the previous quarter) to 608,000.
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BBC 6Music is UK's most popular digital radio station
31.01.2013 - United Kingdom
“Digital radio continues to transform the way people listen to the radio and one third of all listening to digital platforms represents an important milestone,” Ford Ennals, CEO of Digital Radio UK has said as the platform as a whole saw a rise of 14% in listeners.
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MDR Broadcasting is committed to digital radio
30.01.2013 - Germany
The MDR Broadcasting Council has agreed that DAB+ is the standard of choice for the future of terrestrial digital broadcasting.
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Opinion Barometer Digital Broadcasting in January 2013
30.01.2013 - Germany
The topics included in the latest Opinion Barometer Digital Broadcasting is the abolition of royalties and the ARD digital radio campaign that continues in 2103.
(www.barthelmarquardt.de) Read more
DLM Symposium 2013: Local media in the digital world
30.01.2013 - Germany
The DLM-2013 symposium is devoted to the theme "Local media in the digital world".
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Terrestrial digital radio will be launched by the end of 2013 in France
29.01.2013 - France
Terrestrial digital radio (DAB) will become a reality in Paris, Nice and Marseille before the end of the year.
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SONY with DAB for cars
29.01.2013 - Germany
The SONY CDX-DAB500U has new a digital radio tuner and CD/MP3 player for the car in the program. The receiver is equipped with a front-side USB port on Walkman ® / iPod / iPhone connectivity.
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Capital Radio Network launches new Digital Station
29.01.2013 - Australia
With a focus on more music and less talk, X Digital is Perth's only digital radio station playing 55 minutes of hits every hour. Josh Elliott, Perth General Manager said, “With a small playlist of less than 30 songs, X Digital is all about only playing the biggest hits.
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