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BBC Radio Sees Highest Listener Hours for Three Years

31.10.2011 - British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) WorldDAB Member - United Kingdom

The rise in internet listening is noteworthy and represents encouraging growth in the sector. ...

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Jazz FM Profits from Switch to Digital with Record Listening Hours

31.10.2011 - United Kingdom

... on DAB, and can now be reached across the UK as well as at www.jazzfm.com. Richard Wheatly, Jazz FM's CEO, says, “The latest RAJAR figures continue to demonstrate an increase in listening hours for digital radio we have been seeing throughout 2011. ...

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BBC extends deal to broadcast Wimbledon until at least 2017

30.10.2011 - British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) WorldDAB Member - United Kingdom

Digital listening now accounts for nearly 30% of all radio consumption, reports the advertising website The Drum. Ford Ennals, chief executive of Digital Radio UK, says the figures are "more evidence of the irresistible momentum behind digital ...

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Digital listening gains momentum

28.10.2011 - United Kingdom

Listening to digital platforms is now 28.2%, according to the Q3 2011 RAJAR figures released today, up 14% year on year in share. Digital listening hours are up to a record 304 million hours, up 16% from 262 million hours in Q3 2010

ARM processors run DAB+ for smartphone TVs

28.10.2011 - United Kingdom

Mirics, the developer of software-based TV receivers, has designed a version of its DAB and DAB digital radio receivers to run on ARM Cortex processors. The UK-based firm has its eye firmly on the smartphone and tablet PC markets. ...

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Federal Council opts for digitisation

27.10.2011 - Switzerland

The Federal Council confirmed in the corresponding, on 26 Its report in October 2011 it agreed strategy for the future (digital) radio broadcasting in Switzerland.

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The UK's RAJAR quarterly ratings show 90.7% of the island's population tuned in

27.10.2011 - United Kingdom

22.8 million people are listening via DAB (the UK's out-of-band digital radio standard), digital TV or Internet. DAB hours were up 20%. Digital TV hours grew 8%. Internet hours show the sharpest growth, 32% to 40 million. More about the third-quarter ...

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What might “PURE Music” on your radio mean for radio?

26.10.2011 - Pure - United Kingdom

PURE, the radio receiver manufacturer, has just announced a service they call "PURE Music". It's like Spotify, but on your radio, as well as PC and mobile. So what does it mean for the radio?

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Audio News for October 25, 2011

26.10.2011 - United Kingdom

UK Going All-Digital Radio in 2015 – The British government has announced that by the end of 2015 all of the UK's national radio stations and many local services will turn off their analog transmitters in favor of digital audio broadcasting (DAB).

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