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The start date for digital terrestrial radio in Marseille, Nice and Paris set at June 20, 2014
12.12.2013 - France France
The Superior Council of Audiovisual set at Friday, June 20, 2014 the start date of the emissions authorized publishers in digital terrestrial radio in areas of Marseille, Nice and Paris.

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Director of RTL Radio Belgium explains why DAB+ is the future
12.12.2013 - Belgium Belgium
Eric Adelbrecht, Director of RTL Radio, Belgium speaks about how DAB+ is the future of radio in Belgium and discusses the technologies benefits.

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Will Arqiva be bidding for "Digital Two"?
12.12.2013 - Arqiva WorldDAB Member - United Kingdom United Kingdom
With the announcement of a second national commercial radio DAB multiplex expected on Monday, we caught up with Arqiva, the owner of the first and only MUX, to gauge their interest.

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Patent Issued for Error Detection Method and Apparatus in DMB Receiver
12.12.2013 - South Korea South Korea
A patent by the inventors Ryu, Ga-hyun (Suwon-si, KR); Park, Jeong-hoon (Seoul, KR), filed on September 16, 2005, was published online on December 3, 2013. Patent number 8600176 is assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-Si, KR) and relates to a method of detecting errors generated by not processing received data in realtime when receiving a digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB), and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for detecting errors generated by a DMB receiver by not processing received audio/video data in realtime.

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Volkswagen Golf with DAB
11.12.2013 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
The Volkswagen Golf comes with DAB as standard.

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Swiss FM stations could be switched off as early as 2019
11.12.2013 - Switzerland Switzerland
The first Swiss FM station may be switched off as early as 2019 Switzerland.

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Dutch discuss FM shut off date requirements
10.12.2013 - Netherlands Netherlands
During the Dutch Guild of Multi-Media Engineers meeting in November, Tom Visser, of the Ministerie van Economische Zaken (Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs), announced that in 2015 the government would decide whether or not to shut down FM frequencies and switch completely to digital.

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Smooth transition for radio industry
10.12.2013 - Australia Australia
Come the new year, the radio industry will be generating its audience figures with audience measuring company GfK, after 66 years with research company Nielson.

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German winter cross media campaign for digital radio launches
09.12.2013 - Germany Germany
The German winter cross media campaign for digital radio has been launched by Initiative Digitalradio Deutschland. The planners rely on fancy display texts and humorous online spots that illustrate emotions , digital radio and its everyday and future viability. Promotional activities that include advertorials, online banners and so-called webisodes will run throughout the Christmas season into the new year.

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EBU Creates Strategic Program on Digital Radio Platforms
09.12.2013 - Switzerland Switzerland
The European Broadcasting Union has formed the Strategic Program on Digital Radio Platforms. The group’s chair Javier Sánchez Perez announced a technical recommendation at the Digital Radio Summit in Geneva.

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