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Pearl Company brings out new DAB+ receivers

22.05.2013 - Germany

The Pearl Company has expanded its range of digital radio receivers again.

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RAJAR shows continuing increases in UK digital radio usage

22.05.2013 - United Kingdom

DAB radio is the most popular source, accounting for 66 percent of the hours, followed by online sources at 14.6 percent and DTV at 14.5 percent.

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UK Listeners Still 'Going Digital'

20.05.2013 - United Kingdom

DAB is the dominant platform, says Digital Radio UK, representing 22.5 percent of all radio listening hours, up from 19.1 percent in Q1 2012. DAB now reaches 16.8 million U.K. adults on a weekly basis, up 12 percent from 15 million year over year.

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UK digital radio attracts record numbers

20.05.2013 - United Kingdom

Digital radio listening now represents 34.3% of radio listening hours in the UK, up 17% year on year, according to the latest RAJAR data issued today.

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Garmin Ships First Consumer PND with Digital Radio-Powered Traffic in the UK ...

20.05.2013 - United Kingdom

Garmin this week announced the commercial availability in the United Kingdom of their first Personal navigation Device (PND) with real-time traffic powered by a digital radio (DAB) modem in Europe.

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Half-way mark for digital radio listening

20.05.2013 - United Kingdom

The latest RAJAR figures show that listeners are going digital in record numbers.

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Radio audiences grow as BBC and commercial register gains

20.05.2013 - United Kingdom

In total, 26 million people – half the UK population - listened to the radio via digital each week in the period, up 11 per cent year on year, accounting for 22.5 per cent of all radio listening during the period.

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Adventure Radio to launch new Radio Essex

20.05.2013 - United Kingdom

A new radio station for Essex is launching on DAB next month from the owners of Southend Radio and Chelmsford Radio, called Radio Essex.

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French CSA accused of conducting favourable policy for large groups

19.05.2013 - France

The CSA has been accused of allocating a disproportionate amount of radio frequencies to the four major private broadcaster groups (NRJ Group, Lagardère, RTL Group, Nextradio TV). That at least is the opinion of Sirti.

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