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STMicroelectronics licenses Ensigma processor technology from Imagination
16.12.2013 - United KingdomThe new generation of ST digital radio receivers will support a wide range of global digital radio standards including Digital Audio Broadcasting and HD Radio.
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Halfords to sell only Digital in-car radios from 2015
16.12.2013 - United KingdomUK chain Halfords today has announced that it will no longer be selling Analog in-car radios from 2015 as the company is looking to move forward in the new digital age by saying goodbye to analog radio.
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Radio Energy Plans FM Switch Off for 2019
13.12.2013 - SwitzerlandAccording to Schweiz am Sonntag (“Switzerland on Sunday), Radio Energy CEO Dani Büchi said that the media company plans to discontinue its FM transmissions in 2019, switching to all digital broadcasts.
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Polish Radio Taps Emitel for DAB+ Contract
13.12.2013 - PolandTelecompaper reports that Emitel will transmit digital terrestrial signals for Polish Radio in Warsaw, Katowice and Silesian, beginning in 2014. This agreement would bring DAB+ coverage to 7 million Polish residents, and Polish Radio hopes to increase its coverage to 30 percent of the country’s territory, reaching about 56 percent of the population, by the end of next year.
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Digital radio from an advertiser's view
13.12.2013 - United KingdomConsumers are making their own choices and there is a clear upwards trend in acceptance of digital radio, with well over half the population already using it.
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Snap up the complete works of Verdi, and the smartest Ruark radiogram to play them on
13.12.2013 - United KingdomIt's surprisingly difficult to come by audio equipment that looks as sharp as it sounds, but Ruark have nailed it with retro-futuristic styling in sleek finishes of walnut and glossy pastel veneers.
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Nearly 800000 in Surrey can tune in to local stations on DAB digital radio
13.12.2013 - United KingdomNearly 800,000 listeners in Surrey can tune in to four local stations on DAB digital radio for the first time.
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The state of global DAB and DAB+ radio
13.12.2013 - NetherlandsRadio World and Radio.NL report that the government of the Netherlands is considering sunsetting that country’s FM band and transitioning to digital radio broadcasting. This would mean DAB+.
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Surrey DAB radio multiplex switched on
12.12.2013 - United KingdomThree new digital radio transmitters have been switched on in Surrey, giving local coverage to almost 800,000 people.
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The start date for digital terrestrial radio in Marseille, Nice and Paris set at June 20, 2014
12.12.2013 - FranceThe Superior Council of Audiovisual set at Friday, June 20, 2014 the start date of the emissions authorized publishers in digital terrestrial radio in areas of Marseille, Nice and Paris.
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