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The government buries terrestrial digital radio
02.07.2012 - France
Reportedly, the government is about to make a trade-reaching consequences for the recovery of terrestrial digital radio (DAB). Its has decided not to preempt frequency for Radio France in calls for applications for the cities of Paris, Marseille and Nice, which have been boosted by the Higher Audiovisual Council (CSA).
(Les Echos ) Read more
1st DAB+ Automotive Workshop
29.06.2012 - Switzerland
At the invitation of MCDT, all Swiss auto importers met at the Radiostudio in Zurich on 22 June for a wide-ranging information event on DAB+ digital radio. The workshop took an in-depth look specifically at the changeover from DAB to DAB+, plug-in DAB+ adapters for cars, the service in tunnels, the latest aerial technology, surround-sound and the TPEG travel information system, which is to be launched in Switzerland from 2013 onwards
Drive Vauxhall tunes-in to the future of radio with Vauxhall's integrated DAB upgrade kit
29.06.2012 - United Kingdom
Local Vauxhall dealer, Drive Vauxhall, is looking to the future of in-car radios by offering all its customers the option to upgrade their AM/FM radio to brand new digital radio technology with Vauxhall's high quality, fully integrated DAB upgrade kit.
MCDT Annual Report 2011
28.06.2012 - Switzerland
Digital radio is on course for success. How did digital radio grow in Switzerland in 2011? How did MCDT support its promotion? Answers to these questions and further information can be found in the first MCDT Ltd annual report, which has been published as an interactive flip-book.
BLMForum course on DAB+
28.06.2012 - Germany
Join Bayerische Landeszentrale für neue Medien (BLM) for a conference on digital radio on 17th July 2012 in Munich. The event will provide an update on DAB + roll out in the German market and current marketing initiatives.
BLM-Forum Digitalradio 2012 auf „+“Kurs
28.06.2012 - Bayern Digital Radio GmbH - Germany
The Bavarian Regulatory Authority for Commercial Broadcasting (BLM) invites you with its partners, the Bavarian Radio (BR) and Bayern Digital Radio GmbH (BDR) for BLM-Forum "DIGITAL RADIO 2012 ... on" at + "course" 17 July 2012 in the House of Literature in Munich.
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Geneva's English radio future: private. Switzerland's? open question
28.06.2012 - Switzerland
Swiss radio licenses for FM bands are no longer being issued, since Switzerland, like most of Europe, is planning to get rid of FM in favour of DAB radio, and the deadline that has been set is 2015.
(GenevaLunch (blog)) Read more
Digital is now making waves
28.06.2012 - Australia
DIGITAL radio is finally starting to emerge as a viable choice.
(Sydney Morning Herald) Read more
Six applications for DAB + in NRW
27.06.2012 - Germany
Six companies have applied to the digital terrestrial transmission capacities for national dissemination or distribution of private broadcasting in digital technology (DAB) in North Rhine-Westphalia. In detail: Culture Shocker (rmc media + creative consult GmbH, Wuppertal), Domradio (education center for the Archdiocese of Cologne eV, Cologne), TopDABRadio (Pleximedia GmbH, Berlin), MEGA RADIO (MEGA Radio Bayern GmbH, Augsburg), absolute relax (The New wave radio mbH & Co.KG, Nuernberg), 3 programs, each with different music formats (REGIOCAST DIGITAL GmbH, Leipzig).
(LMF ) Read more
Irish language media make a Rí-Rá about going online
27.06.2012 - Ireland
Raidió Rí-Rá ( rrr.ie), an Irish-language station which plays chart music for young people, also announced Monday that they would begin to broadcast live on the Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) platform in Dublin and Waterford this Sunday, in Cork and Limerick by the end of 2012 and nationally after that.
(Irish Times) Read more