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Digital radio sales figures continue
10.08.2012 - Commercial Radio & Audio WorldDAB Member - Australia
Digital radio sales continue to climb, recording sales of nearly 75,000 in the second quarter of 2012, bringing the total number of digital radios sold since the 2009 launch to 908,311 according to information from the Q2 2012, GfK Marketscope report released by Commercial Radio Australia (CRA) today
Digital radio sales continue to climb, listenership tops 1 million
10.08.2012 - Australia
Digital radio sales continue to climb, recording sales of nearly 75000 in the second quarter of 2012, bringing the total number of digital radios sold since the 2009 launch to 908311 according to information from the Q2 2012.
(Radioinfo (subscription)) Read more
Digital radio sales figures continue to climb as industry celebrates 3 Year Birthday
10.08.2012 - Commercial Radio & Audio WorldDAB Member - Australia
Digital radio sales continue to climb, recording sales of nearly 75,000 in the second quarter of 2012, bringing the total number of digital radios sold since the 2009 launch to 908,311 according to information from the Q2 2012, GfK Marketscope report released by Commercial Radio Australia (CRA) today.
Norkring has been awarded the contract from Public Radio network NRK to extend DAB coverage up to 99.5% of population until end 2014.
09.08.2012 - Telenor Norge AS WorldDAB Member - Germany
Norkring has signed a contract with the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation on further development of the digital radio network (DAB). The agreement ensures a population coverage of 99.5% by the end of 2014. The contract includes the development of today's agreement on 90% coverage up to 99.5% coverage.
LM Radio the station for Happy Listening is now trialling on Mobile's TV, DMB, from the Sentech tower in Brixton
09.08.2012 - South Africa
T&W Management Pty Ltd the owner of LM Radio, and Mobile TV Pty Ltd signed a memorandum of understanding on 17 July 2012 whereby the LM Radio programmes will be carried on the Korean developed Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) paltform operated by Mobile TV.
Finalists announced for 2012 Radio Awards
08.08.2012 - Australia
The big names of metropolitan FM radio will battle it out for Best FM On-Air Team at this year’s 24th annual Australian Commercial Radio Awards (ACRAs), with all finalists announced today.
Digital takes gold medal at Rajars
08.08.2012 - United Kingdom
According to the government's Digital Radio Action Plan, the digital radio switchover will only happen once the format's national listening average hits 50%, so there's still a very long way to go.
(Media Week (registration) (blog)) Read more
Digital Radio Passes 40 Percent Share in London
08.08.2012 - United Kingdom
In London the figure this quarter was 51.4 percent. The U.K. government has stipulated it will not implement the digital radio switchover until 50 percent of all listening is on a digital platform and DAB coverage reaches 90 percent of the population.
(Radio magazine (press release)) Read more
MediaDAB
08.08.2012 - United Kingdom
Digital radio is coming, and there are more ways than ever to get Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) in your car. Celsus has just launched its new MediaDAB – a rival to our Product of the Year, the PURE Highway 300Di. The MediaDAB is a universal product ...
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Radio ad revenue for July
07.08.2012 - Commercial Radio & Audio WorldDAB Member - Australia
Sydney and Perth radio revenue returned positive growth to lead the radio advertising metropolitan markets for the month of July 2012, according to figures released today by industry body, Commercial Radio Australia.