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178 Prospects for French DAB
14.06.2012 - France
The call for tenders that was relaunched in April by the Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel for terrestrial digital radio (DAB) in Paris, Marseille and Nice attracted 178 candidates.
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Vatican Radio: New Communications Strategies
13.06.2012 - Italy
The 24-hour “Vatican Radio Live” channel has a strong audience on FM in the Rome area and on DAB and DAB+ in most of Italy, and encourages ongoing dialogue between life and culture in Italy and the Catholic Church in the country.
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Onkyo Mini Hi-Fi receiver caters for all musical formats, even the CD
13.06.2012 - United Kingdom
Featuring a DAB tuner with the ability to preset 40 digital radio stations, the Onkyo Mini Hi-Fi Receiver is available in black or silver with dials to match and a subwoofer pre-out. Onkyo has kitted it out with all manner of music attributes too.
(Pocket-lint.com) Read more
TechniSat presents DAB + radios
13.06.2012 - Bayern Digital Radio GmbH - Germany
TechniSat presents at the ANGA Cable in Cologne three new DAB + receiver: Digit Radio 200, Radio 300 digital radio and digital 500th This report of the digital news service "digital magazine". The receivers are on display at the booth in Hall 10.1 of TechniSat stand number U9
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Digital radio: Mediamobile passes the defense
12.06.2012 - TDF WorldDAB Member - France
The subsidiary of TDF is one of two contenders for the deployment of DAB L-band The dossier submitted to the office of the CSA proposes an economic model without subscription.
Onkyo's latest mini system with DAB +
12.06.2012 - Bayern Digital Radio GmbH - Germany
Onkyo presents a new CD mini hi-fi systems. The CS-555DAB features a DAB / DAB + tuner and 40 presets and a CD player, FM tuner and a front USB port for connecting iPhone ®, iPod ® or Flash memory media.
(www.bayerndigitalradio.de) Read more
NPO, KPN to upgrade T-DAB network
12.06.2012 - Netherlands
KPN and the Dutch Public Broadcasting (NPO) have signed an agreement to deploy a distribution network for digital and terrestrial radio in the Netherlands. The agreement is effective from 1 December and will run until 1 September 2023.
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DAB + in the test
11.06.2012 - Bayern Digital Radio GmbH - Germany
In the current issue 3/2012 of Digtial TESTED tested ten Internet and DAB plus radio stations in the laboratory. Winner of the 2D model Sangean WFR-was (MSRP 449 €). The test showed that there were digital radio receivers from Pure, Grundig, Dual, Blaupunkt (each up to 200 €), Sangean, Roberts Radio and Geneva (from € 200 each). Selected for the test equipment from Avox Technologies, Logitech and Terratec do not have DAB +.
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Radio Workshop – the winners
08.06.2012 - Switzerland
Between autumn 2011 and early summer 2012, some 500 students from German-speaking Switzerland produced their own digital radios in their design and technology lessons. The electronic components had to be put together according to a fixed plan, but the students had a free hand in designing the casing¬. The radios were entered in a competition, which featured some very sophisticated and original models.