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Digital radio review sets 2017 date for switchover
20.12.2008 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
No switchover from FM should take place until 50 per cent of listening is through Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) sets, so that only a minority of ...

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PURE puts its weight behind clear roadmap for migration to digital radio
19.12.2008 - Pure - United Kingdom United Kingdom
PURE Digital the world’s leading manufacturer of DAB digital radios announces its support for the digital radio roadmap proposed by the Digital Radio Working Group in the report published today.

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Switch to digital radio 'could happen in 2017'
19.12.2008 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
Nearly a million Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) sets are expected to be sold over Christmas. The group has recommended that Ofcom should monitor progress ...

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UK ready for digital radio switchover by 2017
19.12.2008 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
The DRWG is also calling for more focus on encouraging motorists to adopt DAB in their cars. It recommends the Government looks at exempting tax from ...

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Digital radio switchover for 2017
19.12.2008 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
The group wants drivers to be encouraged to install DAB radios in their cars, and says the government should consider making digital sets cheaper by ...

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DAB switchover could happen in 2017
19.12.2008 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
The UK could be forced to switch-over to DAB radio within 10 years if plans from a government-backed group get the go ahead. The Digital Radio Working Group ...

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Switch to digital radio could come in 2017
19.12.2008 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
By Ben Fenton, Chief Media Correspondent The switch-over from analogue to digital radio could begin as early as 2017, a government-commissioned report said ...

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Digital Radio Switchover By 2017 In Britain Says DRWG
19.12.2008 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
A worrying trend (at least for the DRWG) is the rise of Internet radio that could compete with DAB radio sooner than most expected, delivering a bewildering ...

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Imagination Technologies Group plc - Listing of shares
18.12.2008 - Pure - United Kingdom United Kingdom
Apple Inc. is subscribing for 8,200,000 new shares of Imagination Technologies Group plc (LSE: IMG) at 39p per share, the mid market close price on 17 December 2008, subject only to listing and admission of the new shares.

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Apple bites into Imagination Technologies
18.12.2008 - Pure - United Kingdom United Kingdom
Apple revealed this morning it had taken a 3.6 per cent stake in Imagination Technologies, sending shares in the Kings Langley-based maker of digital radios soaring.

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