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Digital Radio Passes 40 Percent Share in London
08.08.2012 - United Kingdom
In London the figure this quarter was 51.4 percent. The U.K. government has stipulated it will not implement the digital radio switchover until 50 percent of all listening is on a digital platform and DAB coverage reaches 90 percent of the population.
(Radio magazine (press release)) Read more
MediaDAB
08.08.2012 - United Kingdom
Digital radio is coming, and there are more ways than ever to get Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) in your car. Celsus has just launched its new MediaDAB – a rival to our Product of the Year, the PURE Highway 300Di. The MediaDAB is a universal product ...
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Radio ad revenue for July
07.08.2012 - Commercial Radio & Audio WorldDAB Member - Australia
Sydney and Perth radio revenue returned positive growth to lead the radio advertising metropolitan markets for the month of July 2012, according to figures released today by industry body, Commercial Radio Australia.
TechniSat Digital radios now in stores
07.08.2012 - Bayern Digital Radio GmbH - Germany
The new TechniSat Digital Radio DAB + digital radio 200 (MSRP: 79.99 €) and digital radio 300 (MSRP: 149.99 €) are now available in stores. The new digital radio 500 (MSRP: 259,99 €) will follow in mid-August.
(www.bayerndigitalradio.de) Read more
Digital radio share at 40% in London
06.08.2012 - United Kingdom
DAB radios, owned by 41.7% of the UK population against 38.9% this time last year, account for the bulk of digital listening.
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Galaxy Radio now on DAB +
06.08.2012Digital radio channel Radio Galaxy can now be received on DAB + in Bavaria.
(www.bayerndigitalradio.de) Read more
ALBERT DR 333 with color display
06.08.2012 - Germany
Albrecht has announced the launch of a new digital radio receiver. An outstanding feature of the DR 333 is the color display with touch screen interface to display additional information such as artist, album, presenter, weather, news, etc. The receiver will be available in August.
(www.bayerndigitalradio.de) Read more
2Q2012 RAJAR: Digital Radio Listening in UK Continues to Increase
06.08.2012 - United Kingdom
Breaking down the digital listening, we see that about 63 percent of it is done via a DAB radio.
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Digital-only Stations Gain Traction in UK
06.08.2012 - United Kingdom
Commercial digital-only stations are also seeing increases, according to an article in the Guardian. Absolute Radio and Planet Rock are seeing substantial increases in audience size....
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Q2 RAJAR: Digital radio listening now 31.5%
03.08.2012 - United Kingdom
The Q2 RAJARs came out this week and showed good growth for digital listening which increased to nearly a third of listening;
31.5% of listening hours are now to digital platforms, up 13% from 26.5% in Q2 2011.
The figures show growth in in-car listening to digital radio, including DAB and smartphone listening.