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Alan Burns: For Radio To Be Successful In A Digital World, Its Web Sites Need …
19.07.2012 - United States
Data to be released TODAY (7/19) from ALAN BURNS AND ASSOCIATES' national study of women radio listeners shows that while the number of weekly visitors to radio station web sites jumped in the past year, the industry still has to significantly improve its web presence.
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Online radio more valuable to brands
19.07.2012 - United Kingdom
The online radio audio audience has become more valuable to advertisers thanks to higher engagement levels says the TargetSpot digital audio report.
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Funding available for radio freelancers
19.07.2012 - United Kingdom
Creative Skillset’s Chief Executive, Dinah Caine, said: “Digital technology has transformed our radio industry, so we are really pleased to be able to help our radio freelancers access the training they need to help the UK remain the world’s foremost producer of compelling radio programming.”
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Guardian and Observer report losses of £44.2m last year
19.07.2012 - United Kingdom
The owner of The Guardian slumped to a pre-tax loss of £75.6m in the year to March as it ran up big costs on investing in new digital offerings and it took a big writedown on its radio business.
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Pure launches Contour 200i Air, a digital radio dock for any iOS device
19.07.2012 - United Kingdom
Pure launches Contour 200i Air, a digital radio dock for any iOS device » Tech Trader - Digital Lifestyle, Consumer Electronics and IT Retailers | Tech Trader – Consumer Electronics and IT Retailers.
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Grupo Radio Centro Reports Second Quarter and First Half 2012 Results
19.07.2012 - Mexico
one of Mexico's leading radio broadcasting companies, announced today its results of operations for the second quarter and first half ended June 30, 2012. All figures were prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
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BBC not yet ready to abandon analogue radio
19.07.2012 - British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) WorldDAB Member - United Kingdom
Tim Davie, BBC director of audio and music said: "We should be selling radios with DAB and FM [reception] so that they are future-proof", speaking at a digital radio conference in London.
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Pure Stream shuns wires, lets you stream tunes to your radio from your phone
19.07.2012 - Pure - United Kingdom
Pure 39's latest DAB radio comes with a little something extra: Pure Stream, so you can wirelessly play music from your smartphone. Launching alongside Pure Stream is the Pure Sensia 200D Connect, a touchscreen DAB radio with wireless pretensions.
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STMicroelectronics Leads the Move to Next-Generation Car Infotainment Systems
18.07.2012 - STMicroelectronics WorldDAB Member - Switzerland
The chipset can receive and decode up to four channels in parallel, two for FM phase diversity and two for terrestrial digital broadcasting (e.g. DAB). With this feature, the car radio can receive audio content from one channel, while pulling real-time traffic and ...
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BBC defends Olympics staff numbers for London 2012
18.07.2012 - United Kingdom
Dave Gordon, BBC Sport's head of major events, told the Radio Times: "Don't forget, NBC is flying 2700 over from the USA. So we're pretty lean and mean. "I look on it .... 'Dark Knight Rises':
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