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Digital radio from an advertiser's view
13.12.2013 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
Consumers are making their own choices and there is a clear upwards trend in acceptance of digital radio, with well over half the population already using it.

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Snap up the complete works of Verdi, and the smartest Ruark radiogram to play them on
13.12.2013 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
It's surprisingly difficult to come by audio equipment that looks as sharp as it sounds, but Ruark have nailed it with retro-futuristic styling in sleek finishes of walnut and glossy pastel veneers.

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Nearly 800000 in Surrey can tune in to local stations on DAB digital radio
13.12.2013 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
Nearly 800,000 listeners in Surrey can tune in to four local stations on DAB digital radio for the first time.

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The state of global DAB and DAB+ radio
13.12.2013 - Netherlands Netherlands
Radio World and Radio.NL report that the government of the Netherlands is considering sunsetting that country’s FM band and transitioning to digital radio broadcasting. This would mean DAB+.

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Surrey DAB radio multiplex switched on
12.12.2013 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
Three new digital radio transmitters have been switched on in Surrey, giving local coverage to almost 800,000 people.

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The start date for digital terrestrial radio in Marseille, Nice and Paris set at June 20, 2014
12.12.2013 - France France
The Superior Council of Audiovisual set at Friday, June 20, 2014 the start date of the emissions authorized publishers in digital terrestrial radio in areas of Marseille, Nice and Paris.

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Director of RTL Radio Belgium explains why DAB+ is the future
12.12.2013 - Belgium Belgium
Eric Adelbrecht, Director of RTL Radio, Belgium speaks about how DAB+ is the future of radio in Belgium and discusses the technologies benefits.

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Will Arqiva be bidding for "Digital Two"?
12.12.2013 - Arqiva WorldDAB Member - United Kingdom United Kingdom
With the announcement of a second national commercial radio DAB multiplex expected on Monday, we caught up with Arqiva, the owner of the first and only MUX, to gauge their interest.

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Patent Issued for Error Detection Method and Apparatus in DMB Receiver
12.12.2013 - South Korea South Korea
A patent by the inventors Ryu, Ga-hyun (Suwon-si, KR); Park, Jeong-hoon (Seoul, KR), filed on September 16, 2005, was published online on December 3, 2013. Patent number 8600176 is assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-Si, KR) and relates to a method of detecting errors generated by not processing received data in realtime when receiving a digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB), and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for detecting errors generated by a DMB receiver by not processing received audio/video data in realtime.

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Volkswagen Golf with DAB
11.12.2013 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
The Volkswagen Golf comes with DAB as standard.

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