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According to Dickey, digital revenues increased 90%, thanks in part, to growth at Rdio, a subscription digital radio platform in which Cumulus acquired a stake last September. Cumulus is helping Rdio introduce free, ad-supported digital audio services.

BBC Radio 2 Eurovision will broadcast from midday to midnight BST on four days – Thursday, May 8 to Sunday, May 11 – except on the big day of the final itself, when the channel will be simulcast with BBC Radio 2.

Mobile TV wants to introduce TV services in South Africa using Korea’s digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) technology as well as digital radio using the DAB and DAB+ standards.

The Leon Ecomotive comes with a decent level of standard equipment boosted by a free Technology Pack upgrade which adds LED headlights, a DAB radio and sat-nav.

Michael Hill writes an open letter to the car companies asking where the radio is in their fancy new cars.

Wireless World Communications, 2wcom, will be joining Wisi at its ANGA COM booth launching new professional audio broadcast products for FM, RDS, DAB, DAB+, DVB-S, DVB-S2 and DVB-T.

The new Fiesta ST-3 adds keyless entry, a Sony DAB radio/CD with navigation system, cruise control, automatic headlights and wipers to the original spec.

MCDT (Marketing and Consulting for Digital Broadcasting Technologies has released its financial report for 2013. MCDT offers professional consulting and marketing services for the introduction of new digital transmission technologies, in particular for DAB+ digital radio.

MEDIA BROADCAST has been commissioned by NDR Norddeutscher Rundfunk (public service broadcaster in northern Germany) to realize a new, cutting-edge telecontrol system. It is to supervise and monitor the transmission sites distributing DAB digital radio.

Filip Rožánek, analyst at Czech public broadcaster, Český rozhlas, discusses how drivers who listen to the radio in the car, can look forward to a new generation of traffic information. "Digital radio will tell drivers what awaits them on the road, what is the practicability of the road in front of them or where the nearest free parking places are."