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Wireless Group stations including talkSPORT, Virgin Radio, Pulse and Signal Radio are now officially owned by News Corp after the sale was approved. News Corp says there are significant opportunities to grow reach in the world of sport and entertainment, share talent and cross-promote brands with the new stations, but will run the company on a standalone basis.

Ofcom has concluded that the small-scale DAB trial has successfully achieved all three of its aims.The regulator says the trials could pave the way for hundreds of local digital radio stations, reporting that the technology worked well, and the stations co-ordinated effectively with the multiplex licensees.

Anything that you can turn into a JPEG, PNG or APNG (Animated PNG) can be broadcast over DAB/DAB+ and accurately triggered to appear in time with the audio. The Slideshow feature is one of digital radio’s many strengths but until recently the cost of color screens has restricted it to high-end receivers rather than the mass market.

The report shows that the recent 'small-scale DAB' trials in the UK were highly successful, highlighting that the technology worked well, the stations co-ordinated effectively with the multiplex licensees, and that there is significant demand from smaller radio stations to use DAB. Ofcom have also identified space in the airwaves that could support a UK-wide roll out of the technology, using spectrum bands previously occupied by business radio, paving the way for hundreds more stations to join the digital radio revolution

The car will come with seven airbags and ESP as standard, as well as a DAB, air conditioning and cruise control with a speed limiter.

Ofcom has thrown a lifeline to the local radio sector after approving the use of a new technology that allows tiny broadcasters to upgrade to digital at a fraction of the previous cost. Neil Stock, Ofcom’s director of Broadcast Licensing, said: “This technology could open up a new, local dimension in digital radio. We’re confident that a UK wide rollout of these stations would be technically possible and commercially viable.”

Jon Holmes has starred in another video about digital radio, getting its first screening at the Radio Festival. Jon travels around the UK looking at digital radio and the minimuxes currently operating in a number of towns and cities around the UK, showcasing the growth of digital radio stations.

Ofcom has been testing small-scale DAB since June 2015, with 70 local stations broadcasting on trial licences around the UK. Now they have published a report for the Department of Culture, Media and Sport, who made funding available for the project, that confirms the trials have been a success.

RTV Slovenija will operate the first digital multiplex, called R1, and will broadcast from seven transmitters around the country: Nanos, Crimea, Krvavec, Plešivcu, Pohorje, Tinjanu and Trdinov top. The network will initially reach 73 percent of Slovenian households and cover 89 percent of motorways and expressways.

The minister of state for digital and culture, Matt Hancock, has revealed that he will submit proposals for deregulation of radio before the end of the year. Hancock also said that he was looking at introducing legislation for the regulation of small-scale DAB multiplex services, following the successful outcome of Ofcom’s Local DAB trial.