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Polish Radio increases DAB+ coverage nationwide
01.04.2015 - Poland
Poland’s public broadcaster Polish Radio increased its digital terrestrial DAB+ coverage on 1 April.
As a result, DAB+ reception is now available to 52% of Poland’s population with around 37% of Poland’s territory covered by DAB+ signals.
(Polish Radio) Read more
Dedicated digital radio campaign kicks off in Italy
31.03.2015 - Italy
A mini series dedicated to digitalradio entitled "Digitalradio Flash" will run throughout April. The campaign will run on national and commercial radio stations and is expected to reach over 23 million listeners.
(Digital Radio Italy) Read more
Latest UK DAB digital radio changes
31.03.2015 - United Kingdom
Premier Gospel is joining local DAB Surrey and South London on 1st April. In Peterborough, Connect FM is now available on DAB.
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Radio: more than 50 stations coming soon?
30.03.2015 - France
Combining both analogue and digital radio stations, the number of stations in Dijon could increase from twenty-eight to more than fifty.
(Le journal de communes) Read more
Downtown Country to launch on DAB this Spring
30.03.2015 - United Kingdom
A new country music radio station, will launch ‘this Spring’ according to owners Bauer Media.
Downtown Country, a spin-off to Downtown Radio in Belfast, will be on DAB and online, 24 hours a day with American and Irish country singers.
(Radio Today) Read more
Pure Pop family of digital radios wins Red Dot Award for design
30.03.2015 - Pure - United Kingdom
Pure’s Pop family of digital radios has been awarded the prestigious Red Dot Award for product design. The Pop family, which is made up of three digital radios, is designed to reinvent digital radio and is based on insights from extensive research with radio listeners.
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Spring campaign for Digital Radio+ begins in the Netherlands
30.03.2015 - Netherlands
This week, Digital Radio+ launched their spring campaign on national radio reminding of the benefits of digital radio. This year various activities organised to increase awareness of DAB+ include a presentation to the automotive industry at AutoRai and television commercials on various channels.
(Radio.NL) Read more
Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs: “The future of radio is digital”
27.03.2015 - Netherlands
Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs, Henk Kamp made a commitment to the deployment of DAB+ in the Netherlands in response to questions during Parliament. “I have no doubts about digital radio, it is the way forward. Digital radio is much more attractive than analogue radio: the sound quality is better and it is much more spectrum efficient. We will definitely go over to digital radio.”
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Virgin Radio set for comeback on new Sound Digital platform
27.03.2015 - Arqiva WorldDAB Member - United Kingdom
Virgin Radio is to return to the UK airwaves, along with three spin-off TalkSport stations and a host of new nationwide broadcasters as part of a new wave of digital radio stations.
The rock and pop music brand owned by Richard Branson is one of 14 stations that will launch on Sound Digital, the second national commercial digital platform licensed by media regulator Ofcom on Friday.
Second National Radio Multiplex Licence Award
27.03.2015 - Arqiva WorldDAB Member - United Kingdom
Ofcom release report of how the decision was made to award UK's new national digital radio multiplex to Sound Digital, a consortium of Arqiva, Bauer and UTV Media GB.
(Ofcom) Read more