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35.4% of new cars now come with digital radio as standard
15.04.2013 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
Digital Radio UK announced that 35.4% of new cars now come with digital radio as standard, according to new Q1 2013 CAP/SMMT data released today, an increase from 22.5% in Q1 2012 and from 9.9% in Q1 2011. In Q1 2013 there were 215,000 cars sold with digital radio as standard which represents 70% growth since Q1 2012.

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RTÉjr launch new digital channel today
14.04.2013 - Ireland Ireland
Created specifically for children aged 0-7 years, RTÉjr will allow children to watch, listen and play with brand new channels on television (on Sky, UPC and SAORVIEW) and digital radio from around 7am-7pm daily, as well as online and mobile services.

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Frontier Silicon launches converged Bluetooth® digital radio module
13.04.2013 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
Frontier Silicon, the leading supplier of Digital Radio and Connected Audio technology, today announces the launch of Tuscany, its new module for Bluetooth audio devices.

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Experts in Vienna discuss the future of terrestrial digital radio
13.04.2013 - Austria Austria
The Club Digital Radio Austria is an initiative to develop the type of media radio, which is supported by the Association of the Electrical and Electronics Industry, together with research institutions, private radio operators, manufacturers and dealers. The club members have set a goal to establish digital radio in Austria.

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Extra DAB radio stations coming to Northern Ireland - Digital One licence extended
12.04.2013 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
When originally set up, DAB radio had two national multiplexes (bundles) of radio stations (one with BBC stations, the other commercial) that were transmitted all across the UK, supplemented with local commercial multiplexes.

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Digital Audio Broadcast Receiver (DAB) from Maxim Integrated Enables ...
12.04.2013 - United States United States
The industry's first RF to Bits DAB/FM tuner integrates a radio tuner, analog-to-digital converter (ADC), and digital filtering, and uses a digital I2S output to interface directly to digital signal processors (DSPs).

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All in Media supplies Rapid software to digital radio network operator
11.04.2013 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
All in Media, the leading developer of broadcast systems and mobile apps, has supplied its radio broadcast system, Rapid, to Club DAB Italia to streamline the management and publishing of visual radio services as part of the new digital radio roll out in Italy.

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Establishing The Czech DAB Forum
11.04.2013 - Czechia Czechia
The main objective of the DAB Forum participants is to create an efficient approach towards the development of digital radio broadcasting in the Czech Republic.

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CTU enhances digital TV info portal
11.04.2013 - Czechia Czechia
Czech regulator CTU has upgraded the website on digital broadcasting, dtv.ctu.cz. The update followed the succesful completion of the digitalization of TV broadcasting and ongoing launch of digital radio broadcasting.

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domradio now on DAB+
11.04.2013 - Germany Germany
domradio since is now available in North Rhine Westphalia on DAB +.

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