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As the radio industry marks two years on air of full power digital radio services, official data relating to digital radio broadcasts in Australia was released by Commercial Radio Australia (CRA) today, showing there are 940,000* people listening to digital radio in the five state metropolitan capitals of Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide and 508,462 ** digital radios have been sold.

63% of digital listeners hear digital radio on a DAB radio set, while 15% listen through digital tv sets and 14% listen on the internet. Digital listening is now over one million listeners per week in the UK.

... and a good return from the 38.9% of UK residents who claim to own the necessary equipment for the DAB service. Other figures showed that alternative radio methods are also in good demand, with digital TV radio through services such as Freeview and ...

The share of all radio listening to DAB is now at 17.2 percent, up from 16.7 percent quarter on quarter and from 15.8 percent in Q2 2010. Listening to DAB accounts for 68.2 percent of digital listening. Ownership of DAB digital radios in the home has ...

Of all radio listeners, 46% now listen via a digital platform each week, an increase of 2.1 million people or 10.7% year on year. Ownership of DAB digital radios in the home has seen strong growth to almost 40% (38.9%), up from 35.3% since Q2 2010, ...

German automaker BMW announced today that all its model series can now be equipped with audio systems that receive digital radio broadcasts from the new digital radio network in Germany. A DAB tuner can also be ordered as an optional accessory for all ...

National DAB multiplex Digital One has been granted a 12-year extension to its licence by Ofcom. It means the commercial radio service, owned by Arqiva, will continue until at least November 2023.

DAB listening dominates digital radio, especially as more cars now feature the technology as standard. Access to a DAB receiver is up more than 11 per cent compared with last year and is almost treble what it was five years ago.

[London] Germany, which is Europe‟s biggest radio market, is now broadcasting digital radio in all...

[Příbram] The digital radio signal was spread to city Brno just four months after successful start...