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The big car manufacturers are finally expected to go for the DAB digital radio standard in a big way next year. The trigger, says CAP, is BMW's decision to equip all of its cars with DAB radios from the beginning of 2013.

SAF775x is the third generation of NXP's popular car radio and audio DSP product family and is the industry';s first single-chip multi-tuner RFCMOS IC with embedded AM, FM, and DAB tuners.

BMW's announcement follows a recent survey by Auto Trader in which 41 per cent of people see digital radio as the next big leap forward in the automotive industry. 71 per cent of respondents believed that cars with DAB fitted will be worth more than vehicles.

DB Digital Broadcasting, Ireland's national independent multiplex and network transmission provider, is using Harris transmitters in its Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) digital radio trials, currently taking place in and around Dublin. Launched earlier this ...

Hessian Broadcasting informed its listeners about digital radio.

KeyStone Semiconductor Corp. (KeyStone), a fabless semiconductor developer of advanced digital radio technology announces today that it enters mass production of its third-generation series of single-chip FM/DAB/DAB receiver ICs.

All in Media, the leading developer of broadcast systems and mobile apps, believes that user-led technology will maintain radio as a key media in the 21st Century. The company, which is the main sponsor of this year’s Radio Festival TechCon event being held today at The Lowry, Salford Quays, says that the social media revolution and advances in smart phones and digital technology is providing a fresh impetus to the industry.

MW services mainly duplicate what is available on FM and DAB, and most listeners will be able to hear their local stations on FM. The BBC says that local radio will be available on DAB in the future if it is not already.

This year’s EBU Digital Radio Conference, held Oct. 10–11 here in Brussels, played host to more than 50 senior managers from public service radio broadcasters. Radio is now more than 110 years old, while digital radio is only 18, and like every debutante, digital radio is trying to make itself look more attractive. DAB has not had the easiest childhood, and now, during its adolescence, EBU members — as well as many other radio enthusiasts — are striving to find the best way to ensure that this medium reaches its potential

It’s a product that will probably revolutionise listening behaviour. Made in Italy, this antenna has the particular feature of making digital terrestrial radio (DAB, DAB+, T-DMB) compatible with all car radios in vehicles already equipped with an analogue radio. Furthermore, this magic antenna improves the sensitivity of FM and AM.