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Digital Listening At An All-Time High
11.08.2011 - United Kingdom... and a good return from the 38.9% of UK residents who claim to own the necessary equipment for the DAB service. Other figures showed that alternative radio methods are also in good demand, with digital TV radio through services such as Freeview and ...
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Digital Radio UK Promotes Latest RAJAR Findings
11.08.2011The share of all radio listening to DAB is now at 17.2 percent, up from 16.7 percent quarter on quarter and from 15.8 percent in Q2 2010. Listening to DAB accounts for 68.2 percent of digital listening. Ownership of DAB digital radios in the home has ...
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Continued digital growth with hours up by 14.3%
11.08.2011 - United KingdomOf all radio listeners, 46% now listen via a digital platform each week, an increase of 2.1 million people or 10.7% year on year. Ownership of DAB digital radios in the home has seen strong growth to almost 40% (38.9%), up from 35.3% since Q2 2010, ...
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Digital Radio Now Available for All BMW Vehicles, DAB ...
11.08.2011 - BMW AG WorldDAB Member - GermanyGerman automaker BMW announced today that all its model series can now be equipped with audio systems that receive digital radio broadcasts from the new digital radio network in Germany. A DAB tuner can also be ordered as an optional accessory for all ...
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Digital One given 12 year extension
08.08.2011 - United KingdomNational DAB multiplex Digital One has been granted a 12-year extension to its licence by Ofcom.
It means the commercial radio service, owned by Arqiva, will continue until at least November 2023.
Radio listening hits 'record levels'
08.08.2011 - United KingdomDAB listening dominates digital radio, especially as more cars now feature the technology as standard. Access to a DAB receiver is up more than 11 per cent compared with last year and is almost treble what it was five years ago.
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National digital radio on-air in Germany
08.08.2011 - Germany[London] Germany, which is Europe‟s biggest radio market, is now broadcasting digital radio in all...
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Regular DAB has started in city Brno
08.08.2011 - Czechia[Příbram] The digital radio signal was spread to city Brno just four months after successful start...
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National DAB+ Launches in Germany
05.08.2011 - Frontier Smart Technologies WorldDAB Member - Germanyrontier Silicon, the market leading supplier of digital radio and connected audio technology, today welcomed the switch-on of the new national DAB/DAB+ network in Germany. Twenty-seven transmitters covering 40 million consumers were switched on by Media Broadcast, and listeners across the country are now presented with the opportunity to listen to an array of exciting new radio services all delivered with crystal clear digital technology.
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Ford Focuses on Digital In Car Entertainment
04.08.2011 - United KingdomAnother system currently provided by Ford is Digital Audio Broadcasting radio, in the form of DAB, DAB and DMB, with 150000 DAB equipped Fords already on the roads across Europe. Starting in July 2011, coverage will expand as more more countries ...
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