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Global sells Digital One stake
08.04.2009 - Arqiva WorldDAB Member - United Kingdom United Kingdom
By Stephen Eddie Arqiva has bought Global Radio’s stake in DAB digital radio network Digital One to become the outright owner. The deal sees Arqiva add Global’s 63% share to the 37% it already owned. The national platform carries radio stations ...

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Sony DAB Rising Star Nominations 09 Announced
08.04.2009 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
Radio, unpaid Radio Teesdale newcomer with five regional radio slots A DAY and an early morning breakfast presenter whose radio debut was straight onto XFM all in the running for the Sony DAB Rising Star award The shortlist for the Sony DAB Rising Star ...

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French Delegation to Attend NAB SHOW in Las Vegas this April (Z051)
08.04.2009 - DIGIDIA WorldDAB Member - France France
DIGIDIA is a key provider of products and services for the digital and terrestrial transmission of radio programs, following both the DRM/DRM and the DAB/DAB /DMB (Eureka147) international standards. DIGIDIA is a class B member of the DRM consortium ...

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Rohde & Schwarz releases ETL TV analyzer option for quick evaluation
08.04.2009 - Germany Germany
Rohde & Schwarz’s new R&S ETL-K250 analyzer option delivers a one-stop solution for required DAB and T-DMB transmitter and network RF measurements, optimizing the ETL TV analyzer for T-DMB/DAB transmitter quality assurance, network coverage ...

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radiocentre calls on OFT to relax media ownership rules
08.04.2009 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
radiocentre, commercial radio's trade body, has backed calls for media ownership rules to be relaxed to allow consolidation between the print and broadcasting arms of the industry. In its submission to the Office of Fair Trading, which is reviewing the ...

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VDL is acquiring the complete broadcast product range of Somerdata
08.04.2009 - SomerData - France France
VDL S.A. (Lyon, France) has today announced that it is acquiring the complete broadcast product range of Somerdata Ltd. (Wells, Somerset, UK).

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Australian Digital Radio Ads to go on Air
08.04.2009 - Commercial Radio & Audio WorldDAB Member - Australia Australia
The Australian radio industry today announced that the first advertisements in the digital radio multi-million dollar awareness campaign will go to air on the 13 April 2009 across all commercial radio stations and in 65 languages on SBS radio in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide.

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In Car DAB should be standard
02.04.2009 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
Apr 01, 2009 - Research shows that 63 percent of people surveyed expect a new car to come with DAB Digital Radio as standard, with the figure increasing when consumers get a taste of the benefit of DAB. The majority of 1000 people surveyed for the ...

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DTD: DAB Radio Under £25
02.04.2009 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
No this is not an April fool, you really can get this DAB radio for under £25 from Asda direct. So what do you get for your £23.95? Well, the spec includes a blue LCD backlight which gives information by way of scrolling text, an FM PLL digital tuner ...

(Pocket-lint.com, UK) Read more


Geared up for the off
02.04.2009 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
This Roberts Solar DAB Radio is perfect for a day pottering about in the caravan. All you need to hope for is some sunny weather to charge it – £79 from Marks & Spencer. 3. If the traditional deck chair no longer has any appeal, how about this funky ...

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