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Continued digital growth for UK DAB
04.08.2011 - United Kingdom
The share of all radio listening to DAB is now at 17.2%, up from 16.7% quarter on quarter and from 15.8% in Q2 2010. Listening to DAB accounts for 68.2% of digital listening (excluding digital unspecified).
DAB for new VW Beetle
04.08.2011 - United KingdomTwelve years after the current Beetle entered the market and 73 after the original, the new model is set to be released next year and likely to include DAB as standard.
Free fitting on an in-car digital radio!
04.08.2011 - United KingdomRadio Today has teamed up with Digital Radio UK and Halfords to offer free digital radio fittings August when you buy an in-car digital radio head unit.
Canberra & Darwin digital radio trials extended
04.08.2011 - Commercial Radio & Audio WorldDAB Member - AustraliaCommercial Radio Australia (CRA) welcomed today's announcement by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) that the DAB+ digital radio trial licences in Canberra and Darwin have been extended for a further 12 months.
PURE launches Move 2500
03.08.2011 - Pure - United KingdomLondon, UK, 3rd August 2011: PURE, the world-leading radio maker, presents Move 2500, a stylish pocket digital and FM radio that’s ideal for listening on the move, whether in the UK or abroad.
Lies, statistics, and anti-DAB campaigners
02.08.2011 - United KingdomIn a depressingly familiar blog posting somewhere on the internet (it’s now been removed), a content producer for a bunch of radio stations shows how easy it is for people – even radio people – to get confused with new Ofcom research about the take-up of digital radio. He posts (in italics)…
TELEKO Company proves the leader position in implementation of digital radio technology in the Czech Republic.
01.08.2011 - TELEKO digital, a.s. - CzechiaTELEKO Company proves the leader position in implementation of digital radio
technology in the Czech Republic. The regular DAB broadcasting has started in
city Brno today!
National digital radio on-air in Germany
01.08.2011 - - GermanyIn an historic move for European radio, Germany today launched nationwide digital radio services
Absolute Radio launches nationwide in Germany
01.08.2011 - GermanyAt a press event attended by senior figures from the German radio industry Absolute launched their new digital radio services
Germany relaxes to the sound of Austrian station LoungeFM
01.08.2011 - GermanyFrom 1.8.11 through out the country Germany is relaxing to the sound of Austrian station LoungeFM