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Sydney last city to switch on digital radio

08.06.2009 - Commercial Radio & Audio WorldDAB Member - Australia

PETER CAVE: Well, we've had digital TV for a while - now it's time to get ready for digital radio. Sydney is set to become the last major metropolitan centre to switch on. Like digital television, the new technology means better sound and more stations ...

(ABC Online, Australia) Read more

Media360: Global Radio's Miron sets ad spend and digital targets ...

08.06.2009 - Global WorldDAB Member - United Kingdom

"We have embarked on a clear path to digital - to DAB - and we need to make serious progress and do it quickly. This means naming a date for migration, with a transparent set of criteria for all the relevant parties to meet. "Only that certainty will ...

(Media Week, UK) Read more

DRDB to launch first retail campaign in summer

08.06.2009 - United Kingdom

The work is designed to complement its long running press and radio work which runs each Christmas. Figures compiled by Rajar show radio listening via DAB radio sets increased from 17.9% to 19.9% year on year in the first three months of 2009. ...

(mad.co.uk, UK) Read more

Korea Helps Norway Launch Mobile Broadcasting Service

08.06.2009 - Norway

According to the Korea Communications Commission, South Korea's communications regulator, Norway-based DMB service provider Norway Mobile TV Co. will begin commercial service Friday of ground-based DMB in the capital city of Oslo, with the equipment ...

(Telecoms Korea (subscription), South Korea) Read more

Adelaide digital radio coverage - best in Australia

08.06.2009 - Commercial Radio & Audio WorldDAB Member - Australia

The Australian Communication and Media Authority says Adelaide has one of the highest levels of coverage in the nation – with well over 90% of the Adelaide population able to access digital radio. Joan Warner, chief executive officer of Commercial ...

(Adelaide Independent Weekly, Australia) Read more

NME Radio arrives on DAB in London

02.06.2009 - United Kingdom

NME Radio managing director Sammy Jacob says that he hopes to launch on national DAB in the near future, adding, “Since launch we've been dedicated to making NME Radio available on as many platforms as possible ma`otherking the station more accessible and ...

(musicweek.com, UK) Read more

Getting in touch with TPEG

02.06.2009 - Bayerische Landeszentrale fur neue Medien (BLM) WorldDAB Member - Germany

[München] In cooperation with TISA, Bayerische Medien Technik (bmt) will offer a one-day...

(www.bayerndigitalradio.de) Read more

Digital radio for all European motorists

02.06.2009 -

- Germany

The European digital radio industry today moved closer to ensuring digital radio is standard in all new cars sold in Europe.

Radio Listening Reaches All Time High Of 45.8 Million Adults Each Week

01.06.2009 - United Kingdom

... digital platform has increased by 12% year on year and 11% quarter on quarter. Data collected for Q1, 2009 reveals that 20.1% of all radio listening is now via a digital platform (cf. 17.8% in Q1, 2008). Once again listening via DAB leads the increase:

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