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Rajar Q4 2012: Agency views on Absolute's growth and the digital boost
31.01.2013 - United Kingdom
Absolute Radio, Magic 105.4 and the growth of digital listening in the fourth quarter of 2012 have all been praised by radio buying from Mindshare, MediaCom, Carat and RadioWorks.
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BBC Radio 6 Music and Radio 2 set new performance records
31.01.2013 - United Kingdom
The BBC Asian Network, which had been threatened with closure alongside 6 Music, had a reach of 453,000 listeners.
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Digital radio delivers one third of listening
31.01.2013 - United Kingdom
Digital radio has reached an important milestone and now represents one third (33%) of digital listening in Q4 2012, up 14% from 29.1% last year, according to the latest RAJAR data issued today.
License sought and found - a new service for radio broadcasters
31.01.2013 - Germany
Broadcasters who are interested in a digital radio license in Germany can now quickly view open calls for tenders in Germany.
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Philips transfers its Audio, Video, Multimedia and Accessories business to Funai
31.01.2013 - Netherlands
Funai Electric Co., Ltd. has announced that the company takes over the division of Philips Lifestyle Entertainment Business. This includes design and development, sales and partial manufacturing of audio video multimedia products (Home Audio, In-Car Audio, Portable Audio).
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Digital Radio Information Day in Saarland
31.01.2013Around 30 dealers in late January followed the invitation of the Saarland Radio (SR) and the Project Office for Digital Radio Digital Radio Information Day on the Saarbrücken Halberg.
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Radio 1 loses half a million listeners but Nick Grimshaw holds audience
31.01.2013 - United Kingdom
The popularity of digital listening continued to grow, with the various digital radio platforms now accounting for 33% of all radio listening, up from 29.1% in the final quarter of 2011.
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6 Music hits almost 1.9m digital listeners
31.01.2013 - United Kingdom
Digital radio listening is now one third of all listening, with over 25 million people now tuning in to a digital signal, up 2.1 million year on year. 42% of the population now has a DAB digital radio set, up from 40.3% in Q4 2011.
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Q4 RAJARs: Absolute Radio Network records highest audience in 11 years
31.01.2013 - United Kingdom
The industry average for digital listening in the UK is 33% but, this quarter's RAJAR figures have shown that the Absolute Radio Network is leading the way in the digital innovation with 75.9% of it's listeners tuning in on a digital platform.
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Q4 RAJARs: BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 6 Music set listening records
31.01.2013 - United Kingdom
Acting Director of BBC Audio Music, Graham Ellis, said: “These figures underline the remarkable performance of BBC Radio 2, which has had a great quarter and a great year..."
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