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Digital, More in Focus at the European Radio Show
29.01.2018 - France France
Digital audio was a main theme at the conference and most events were streamed and broadcast live via DAB+, and via the ephemeral Radio of the Show, run by a team of exhibitors.

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Absolute 90s rejoins D1 national mux
29.01.2018 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
Absolute Radio 90s is going back on the Digital One national DAB multiplex, three years after making way for Magic. The 90s station has only been available on local multiplexes since January 2015, after previously being national from August 2010...

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More than 10m Australians tuned in to radio in 2017, new figures suggest
29.01.2018 - Commercial Radio & Audio WorldDAB Member - Australia Australia
DAB+ digital radio listening continued to grow throughout 2017. More than 3.6 million people throughout 2017 listened each week to DAB+ digital radio in the five metropolitan capitals...

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Record numbers listen to commercial radio in 2017
29.01.2018 - Commercial Radio & Audio WorldDAB Member - Australia Australia
DAB+ digital radio listening continued to grow throughout 2017. More than 3.6 million people throughout 2017 listened each week to DAB+ digital radio in the five metropolitan capitals, showing nearly double the number of people are listening via DAB+ than listened to radio via streaming.

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European Radio Show 2018 Opens In Paris
26.01.2018 - France France
Highlights included a series of sessions about Nordic radio's switchover from FM to DAB, with key statistics noting that the average use of data in Nordic countries is 20 GB per month and 36% of listening in DENMARK is to digital...

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WorldDAB, EBU and EDRA call for EU receiver legislation
26.01.2018 - WorldDAB News - European Broadcasting Union (EBU) WorldDAB Member
WorldDAB has joined with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and the European Digital Radio Alliance (EDRA) to call upon EU decision makers to introduce measures to encourage the interoperability of radio receivers across the EU. Such an initiative would require new radio receivers (consumer and automotive) to be capable of receiving both analogue and digital transmissions.

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Digital radio event "This is Radio" planned for Edinburgh
26.01.2018 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
Edinburgh is a dynamic and iconic radio market with one of the highest levels of DAB radio ownership in the UK (63.3%) and where digital listening is just about 50% (49.9%). There are now over 60 digital stations available on DAB in the Edinburgh area.

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BCast is ready for broadcasting
25.01.2018 - BCAST WorldDAB Member - Poland Poland
BCast was born in the spring of 2013 when Emitel, which dominated the Polish broadcasting services market, took over the company Info-TV-Operator. Two employees, Krzysztof Karpiński and Maciej Lipiński, decided to start a company and continue to fight for the market with Emitel.

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Citroen C4 Cactus Onetone v Renault Captur
25.01.2018 - Australia Australia
The Renault matches the Cactus pretty much blow for blow in this tussle with little to separate the pair. The list continues with a rear-view camera, leather steering wheel, LED daytime running lights, hill hold assist, heated and powered wing mirrors, climate control, DAB+ radio, tyre pressure monitor, and park assist.

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2018 BMW X3 xDrive30i review
25.01.2018 - BMW AG WorldDAB Member - Australia Australia
For that price you get 20-inch alloy wheels, adaptive LED headlights, keyless entry and ignition, a power tailgate, head-up display, navigation, DAB+ digital radio, a wireless smartphone charging pad and a six-speaker sound system.

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