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Small Scale DAB The potential for lower-cost transmitting stations in support of DAB rollout
05.08.2013 - United KingdomOfcom has today published a research paper investigating the potential of small-scale Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) transmissions using new lower-cost software defined radio technologies.
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Pure Intros Evoke F4 FM/DAB/Internet Radio
05.08.2013 - United KingdomPure has introduced the Evoke F4, an FM/DAB/Internet radio with integrated Bluetooth.
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Digital radio moves forward, receiver prices to fall
02.08.2013 - PolandPoland’s public radio broadcaster Polskie Radio will join the digital movement October 1st, said president Andrzej Siezieniewski. Ten national channels and two local channels will be available on DAB+ multiplexes in Warsaw and Katowice. “Today the cost of (receivers) in Western Europe is about €80 to €100,” he said. “As the digitization process unfolds, in three or four years, these prices should be around PLN 100 (about €25).”
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Digital Radio Grows in UK
02.08.2013 - United KingdomDAB represents 24 percent of all radio listening hours, reaching 18.4 million U.K. adults weekly. DAB listening hours have reached 246 million, and 45.7 percent of the population now has a DAB digital radio.
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New DAB Transmitters for South Wales
02.08.2013 - United KingdomListeners will be able to receive BBC Radio Wales and Radio Cymru as well as some commercial stations. At the end of August, new digital transmitters are expected to add a further 150,000 households in Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire.
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Insights into radio across Asia: RadioAsia2013
02.08.2013 - VietnamHow is Vietnamese commune radio different from community radio? How many pirate stations are there in Thailand? What is Indonesia doing about digital radio? Today's RadioAsia conference report gives a perspective across the ASEAN region.
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Digital radio listening breaks 50% barrier
02.08.2013 - United KingdomRajar: The last three months have seen more than half of the UK's adult population listen to radio via digital platforms for the first time, as 28m tuned in.
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D Love Rides Again for Digital Radio
02.08.2013 - United KingdomA new marketing campaign featuring D Love was launched this week in the UK.
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RAJAR round up
02.08.2013 - United KingdomDigital listening – ie consumption of radio via a digital platform (including DAB, TV and online) – is up again, 16% year-on-year. 28 million people now listen to radio digitally, with 24 million apparently having access to a DAB digital radio receiver.
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New 2014 Audi RS7 with DAB
01.08.2013 - United KingdomThe New 2014 Audi RS7 comes with DAB as optional.
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